separate grain from (corn or other crops), typically with a flail or by the action of a revolving mechanism 摔打(谷或其他庄稼)使脱粒 machinery that can reap and thresh corn in the same process. 可同时收割和打谷的机器。 [as noun threshing]farm workers started the afternoon's threshing. 农场工人们开始了下午的打谷。 ■(thresh something over)analyse a problem in search of a solution 反复研究;推敲
variant spelling of thrash(in the sense of violent movement) 同 thrash(“剧烈扭动”义项)
语源
Old English therscan, later threscan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dorsen and German dreschen. Compare with thrash