thresh

动词 v.
中文释义
发音 thrĕsh

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them. transitive
  2. To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.; To be so separated, or to be capable of being so separated. intransitive,transitive
  3. To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub. literary,transitive
  4. To violently toss the limbs about. intransitive,literary
    — The jay fell all lopsidedly and threshing, as though it were having a fit. The ground killed it.
  5. To belabor; to go over repeatedly, especially an argument. literary,transitive,usually
  6. To drive through adverse conditions (wind, waves).

词形变化

threshes present,singular,third-person threshing participle,present threshed participle,past threshed past

词汇关系

近义词
thrash
衍生词
threshable threshel thresher thresherman threshing threshing sledge threshold thresh out unthreshed

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-der.?
Proto-Germanic *þreskaną
Old English þrescan
Middle English threschen
English thresh
From Middle English thresshen, threshen, threschen, from Old English þrescan, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną.
Compare West Frisian terskje, Dutch dorsen, Low German dörschen, German dreschen, Danish tærske, Swedish tröska, Yiddish דרעשן (dreshn). Doublet of thrash.
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