| 词汇 | example_english_chaff |
| 释义 | Examples of chaffThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. I chaffed about their going and made jests about it, but since they came back they have written reports of 30,000 words each. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We were just chaffing you during those years, just playing with you and toying with you. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What was happening at that time was that the crowd beside me were chaffing the "specials" and the police. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nobody should chaff these people with regard to their nervousness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I intended merely to chaff him a little, but not to be offensive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To those who chaff against its restraints we argue the benefits of the social wage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must sort out the chaff from the maize in the wording of this subsection. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Talk about chaff—his speech was all chaff and no wheat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He says that we should separate the grain from the chaff when speaking of prices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have a suspicion that he has been blowing quite a bit of chaff across the table. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The basic point is that the judiciary are remarkably good at sorting the wheat from the chaff in such cases. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not dealing with ignorant people, with no ability to distinguish the chaff from the wheat, the essential from the inessential. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that he does not mind a little friendly chaff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have to sort the wheat from the chaff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are providing for a local public inquiry at which the wheat can be separated from the chaff and the legitimate arguments from the illegitimate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not separate the wheat from the chaff, and there is too much to deal with properly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think we have managed to separate the wheat from the chaff. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English If we had done otherwise we would now find ourselves with a telephone directory which would prevent us from separating the wheat from the chaff. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The wheat can be separated from the chaff by making it necessary to have leave to apply in each case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have to stand up to a good deal of something more than chaff from certain types of their fellow students. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The difficulty is to divide the wheat from the chaff; it is nearly impossible to do so, but we are trying to do it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The difficulty is not that people do not know, but to separate the wheat from the chaff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think chaff ought not to enter into a discussion of such a subject as this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the agricultural analogy, it would be difficult to sort out the wheat from the chaff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I desire to separate the wheat from the chaff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whatever winnowing process is adopted to sift the chaff from the grain, it is bound to be arbitrary and unsatisfactory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When one winnows corn, the chaff is thrown up together with the corn, which then falls down while the chaff drifts along on the breeze. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Practice in deploying chaff effectively is, therefore, essential. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, that was said partly in chaff, but there is some truth in it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I thought it was a piece of not very harmful chaff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The tub was old and slimy, the water being partly covered with chaff, and at least one bloodworm was seen therein. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must therefore separate the chaff from the wheat. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Seven years of all the directions that no man who at any time was suffering from tuberculosis since then, while cutting with a chaff machine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must all be prepared to stand a little chaff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I come to one or two points where the chaff became a little more barbed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One wonders how the wheat will be sifted from the tremendous amount of chaff that is bound to lie in the submissions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were then cast aside as so much chaff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know that defensive aids have much improved and that there are electronic and chaff defences which are perhaps more important than ruggedness of construction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope, however, that he will allow me to chaff him just a little. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One has to sort the wheat from the chaff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Provision should now be made for our merchant ships, which are bound to be used, to be equipped with chaff dispensers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The chaff is valuable feeding stuff and saves the import of feeding stuff from abroad. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He insists upon adding to the good grain of wisdom and reasonableness the chaff of the hereditary principle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One can sort the wheat from the chaff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The supply of hay and chaff is not rationed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Most chaff is dropped over the sea, but a small amount has to be dispersed over land, almost all in the area of training ranges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must therefore separate the wheat from the chaff. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English He may know nothing about a chaff-cutting machine, and may get his fingers cut off in a chaff-cutting machine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, only experience, freedom, investigation and time can sort out the wheat from the chaff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By means of another switch all the farm machinery was set into operation, the machine for cutting chaff, and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You chaff us with having preached revolution, and then retiring to our first-class compartments to get clear of the trouble. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Promises have been made, not only about agriculture but about many other things, and they have been blown about like chaff before every political wind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The purpose of my amendment is to separate the wheat from the chaff, or the sheep from the goats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He could easily sift out the frivolous chaff and the many cases where, even on the complainant's evidence, there was no case to answer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There should be a gateway to sift out the wheat from the chaff, and genuine grievances should be heard. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At one time, chaff-cutters were turned out without any guard. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we are to survive as a great nation, somehow the winds of change must blow all the chaff of evil away and leave the good grain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As always, lie is extremely courteous and persuasive, and because he is so persuasive it is not always a simple matter to separate the wheat from the chaff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely the function of counsel is to advise on evidence, to ensure that cul-de-sacs are not unnecessarily entered, and to separate the wheat from the chaff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not wish to be harvested with my family in the car and end up as a mixture of chaff spread all over the road. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sorry about the chaff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have regulators who are perfectly capable of sorting the wheat from the chaff and of deciding what constitutes a balanced programme for the public within a scarce spectrum. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although a certain amount of damage is done, yet if one grain of corn is found in the chaff it will outweigh the damage that is being done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Numerous antennae protruded from the aircraft, and chaff dispensing pods were carried. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When the chaff problem was realized, it was decided to make the wavelength variable, allowing the operator to tune away from chaff returns. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The captain of an ore freighter saw the frigate's attack and rammed it with his ship, using his cargo as chaff. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The flare and chaff dispensers were moved, and the ram air intake was lengthened at the fin's base. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Greenish-brown above and off-white below, it is named onomatopoeically for its simple "chiff-chaff" song. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Each wheat grain is separated from its chaff before distillation in order to eliminate any bitterness and to reveal the wheats individual flavor. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A chaff device misfired, streaming chaff instead of launching it away from the ship. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The fruits are found among the sharply pointed bracts (chaff), which persist on the flower head. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Many historians failed in their pursuits to separate its wheat from chaff. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. On threshing, the chaff breaks up, releasing the grains. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. B-29 gunners stated that searchlight beams sometimes followed the chaff as it floated down. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. By repeating this circuit, the wide cloud of chaff edged toward the coast just like a real sea-borne fleet. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The aircraft's self-defence suite includes various measures, such as flare and chaff dispensers capable of launching up to 250 flares and dipole chaff. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He: will gather his wheat into the: barn, but the chaff he will: burn up with unquenchable fire. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Later-production aircraft had the chaff dispensers relocated to the cargo door. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Internally carried services are better protected from chaffing or twisting. Her revelry in her imaginative world and the chaffing under the strictures of the real one engages the narrative in different emphasis of optimism and despair. The application of the traditional chaff and corn metaphor nearly inverts its terms. There is a certain amount of chaff here, in the form of articles written out of historical dictionaries, and no shortage of rhetoric. They are, however, much too long, and they leave the reader the daunting task of separating the wheat from the chaff. Seeds from the ten plants were obtained by separating them from chaff by hand. The consumer of the literature must then separate the wheat from the chaff. Immediately after harvest it was further cut into 50 mm lengths with a chaff cutter to facilitate hourly feeding. Philosophy is charged with finding out what is essential and casting off what is accidental, separating the wheat from the chaff. Before this, even economic necessities and the profit motive, and certainly any notions about the civilising mission or world development, were like so much chaff in the wind. The "corn," as the nub of doctrinal truth, should be the antecedent term, since it pre-exists and determines the meaning of whatever chaff is newly devised to represent it. There, by that hearth, they had threshed the harvest of their youth's experience, gradually burning the chaff of sentimentality and false romance that covered the real grain of life. The exhaustive recounting of various source investigations makes for tedious reading, much repetition and offers little synthesis of her research findings ; one looks for the gold amidst the chaff. 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