thresh /θrɛʃ/ TEM4 ( threshing, threshed, threshes )

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  V-T/V-I When a cereal such as barley, wheat, or rice is threshed, it is beaten in order to separate the grains from the rest of the plant. (给谷物)脱粒; 打谷 [usu passive]

  例：

  The grain was still sown, cut and threshed as it was a hundred years ago.

  谷物的播种、收割、脱粒方法还和一百年前一样。

  例：

  Machines that reap and thresh in one operation.

  同时完成收割和脱粒的机器。