Word · Frequency #23677
chaff
开玩笑；打趣；取笑
to tease or make fun of someone in a friendly, joking way; to banter
- 1.
To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.
用轻松、闲散的语言开玩笑或嘲弄
- 2.
To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language.
取笑；用讽刺或戏谑的语言嘲弄
- 3.
To cut up (straw or hay) for use as cattle feed.
切碎(稻草或干草)用作牛饲料
- 4.
be silly or tease one another
开玩笑或互相戏弄
铡碎（稻草或干草）；用轻松、闲散的语言开玩笑或嘲弄；取笑；用讽刺或戏谑的语言嘲弄；切碎(稻草或干草)用作牛饲料；开玩笑或互相戏弄
In use
The old friends chaffed each other about their college memories during the reunion.
Stop chaffing your brother; he doesn't find it funny.
She often chaffs her coworkers about their coffee addiction.
Verb forms
base chaff · third person chaffs · -ing chaffing · past chaffed · past participle chaffed
Connections
Collocations
- chaff someone about something
- 拿某事取笑某人
- His friends chaffed him about his new haircut.朋友们拿他的新发型取笑他。
- chaff each other
- 互相打趣
- The teammates chaffed each other between games.队友们在比赛间隙互相打趣。
- chaff with someone
- 和某人开玩笑
- She chaffed with the receptionist while signing in.她登记时和前台接待人员开着玩笑。
- chaff and joke
- 说说笑笑，互相打趣
- They chaffed and joked over coffee.他们一边喝咖啡一边说说笑笑、互相打趣。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
chaff 与 laugh 音近：互相 chaff（打趣）时总会让人 laugh（发笑），一记谐音联想记住玩笑义。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：casual conversation among friends、literary writing chaff 作动词表示“打趣、取笑”时，通常用于朋友间轻松的玩笑，也比较常见于书面叙述或小说对话；口语中不算特别常用。
Grammar Note
通常用于表示相互打趣，后不接宾语
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 chaff 的美式发音 /tʃæf/ 押韵：staff、laugh、half、calf、graph，均读 /æf/。注意 chafe 的拼写与 chaff 相近，但读 /tʃeɪf/，不押韵。half 和 calf 中的 l 不发音；laugh 的 -augh 是不规则拼法；graph 中的 ph 读 /f/。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.