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thresh

🇬🇧 UK/θreʃ/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC2

Definitions

v.

To separate grain from its straw or husks by beating; to beat soundly; to move about violently.

打谷，脱粒；鞭打；剧烈扭动

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
threshother
=thresh

Common Collocations

  • 1.thresh grain打谷脱粒
  • 2.thresh wheat脱粒小麦
  • 3.[thresh about]剧烈扭动挣扎
  • 4.thresh the harvest处理收获的谷物

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Farmers used to thresh wheat by hand before modern machinery was invented.

  • 2.

    The injured swimmer threshed about wildly in the water, struggling to stay afloat.

  • 3.

    Workers would thresh the harvested grain on a flat stone floor to separate the husks.

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