(农业)脱粒:把收割后的谷物(如小麦、稻谷)从穗、壳或秸秆中分离出来的过程。也可指用机器或工具进行的脱粒作业。(另有较少见义:打击、痛打。)
/ˈθreʃɪŋ/
Threshing separates the grain from the stalk.
脱粒把谷粒从秸秆中分离出来。
After the harvest, the farmers worked late into the night, threshing wheat in the yard as dust rose in the lantern light.
收割之后,农民们忙到深夜,在院子里脱小麦,灯笼的光里尘土飞扬。
threshing 来自动词 thresh(脱粒、打谷),源自古英语 þrescan,本义与“踩踏、捶打”有关,因为传统脱粒常靠脚踩或用连枷反复敲打麦穗,使谷粒脱落。