To thresh is to beat cut grain — wheat, rice, barley — so that the seeds fall away from the stalks and husks. It is a farming word, one of the oldest jobs there is.

To thresh To thresh is是 to beat打 cut grain已經割下來的穀物 —— wheat, rice, barley小麥、稻米、大麥 —— so that好讓 the seeds種子 fall away from the stalks and husks從莖和殼上脫落下來. It它 is是 a farming word農業用字, one of the oldest jobs there is世界上最古老的工作之一.

In the past you did it by hand with a flail (two sticks joined by a chain), swinging it down on the crop laid out on a hard floor; now a machine does it, which is why a combine harvester both cuts and threshes. The step after threshing is winnowing, where you throw the mixture up so the wind blows the light chaff away and the heavy grain drops back down.

In the past以前 you did it by hand with a flail人們用連枷徒手做這件事 (two sticks joined by a chain兩根用鏈子連起來的棍子), swinging it down把它甩下去打 on the crop laid out on a hard floor在鋪在硬地上的作物上; now現在 a machine does it則是機器在做, which is why這就是為什麼 a combine harvester聯合收割機 both cuts and threshes既能割也能打穀. The step after threshing打穀之後的下一步 is是 winnowing揚穀, where就是 you throw the mixture up把混合物往上拋 so讓 the wind blows the light chaff away風把輕的穀殼吹走 and而 the heavy grain drops back down重的穀粒落下來.

Because the work is so physical, the word carries a feel of hard repeated beating. It is closely tied to "thrash," which is really the same old word gone down a second road: thrash means to beat a person or thing hard, or to move about wildly (a fish thrashing in the net). Keep thresh for grain and thrash for beating, and you will be right almost every time.

Because因為 the work這份工作 is so physical非常耗費體力, the word這個字 carries a feel of帶有一種…的感覺 hard repeated beating不斷用力打. It它 is closely tied to關係密切 "thrash," thrash, which is really其實 the same old word gone down a second road同一個古老的字走上了另一條路: thrash thrash means意思是 to beat a person or thing hard狠狠打一個人或東西, or或是 to move about wildly狂亂地擺動 (a fish thrashing in the net像魚在網裡掙扎). Keep把 thresh thresh for grain留給穀物 and thrash and thrash for beating留給打人, and而 you will be right almost every time這樣幾乎每次都不會錯.