"chaffs" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 穀殼
• 糠

Definition

“Chaffs” 是 “chaff” 的複數。指的是穀物（如小麥）分離的乾殼，也指無價值的事物。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Chaffs” 很少用作複數，常用單數“chaff”。既可指農業上的穀殼，也可比喻無用之物。常見說法如“分辨好壞”。

Examples

Farmers separate the grains from the chaffs after harvesting.

農民在收割後將穀物與**穀殼**分開。

The wind blew the chaffs away from the wheat.

風吹走了小麥的**穀殼**。

We gathered the chaffs into a pile.

我們把**穀殼**堆成一堆。

All those useless papers are just chaffs cluttering up the desk.

那些沒用的文件只是**糠**，讓桌子很亂。

It's sometimes hard to tell the important news from the chaffs.

有時很難從**糠**裡分辨出重要新聞。

During the process, the machine discards the chaffs and keeps only the good seeds.

在這個過程中，機器會丟掉**穀殼**，只保留好的種子。