释义 |
winnowwin‧now /ˈwɪnəʊ $ -noʊ/ (also winnow down) verb winnowOrigin: Old English windwian VERB TABLEwinnow |
Present | I, you, we, they | winnow | | he, she, it | winnows | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | winnowed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have winnowed | | he, she, it | has winnowed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had winnowed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will winnow | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have winnowed |
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Present | I | am winnowing | | he, she, it | is winnowing | | you, we, they | are winnowing | Past | I, he, she, it | was winnowing | | you, we, they | were winnowing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been winnowing | | he, she, it | has been winnowing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been winnowing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be winnowing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been winnowing |
- Adams has winnowed the list of contestants to 12.
- Again the problem is to winnow these down to manageable proportions.
- But in government, managers have no incentive to winnow out their product mix.
- The Arizona primary was supposed to winnow the field of Republican presidential hopefuls.
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