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 Englishthreshother
=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.