英语词汇“sift”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	sift
释义	sift I. \ˈsift\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English siften, from Old English siftan; akin to Middle Low German siften to sift, Old English sife sieve — more at sieve *transitive verb* 1. a. : to put through a sifter or sieve or meshed material < sift flour > < sifted through coarse screens to remove matter larger than the wheat kernels — Studies for Flour Salesmen > < grinding granulated sugar and sifting through silk or nylon cloth — L.A.Wills > b. : to separate or separate out by putting through a sifter or sieve or meshed material < sift the fine grains from the coarse > — often used with out < sift out the powdered portion > 2. a. : to study or examine carefully and extract the good, essential, or desirable (as that which falls in a class) : screen < knowing where to get information is of little importance unless you know how to sift and evaluate it — Armed Forces Talk > < offer, sift, and pass as many basic laws as came from the first two sessions — F.L.Paxson > < sift the men who enter the armed forces > b. : to separate or separate out by a process of careful study or examination or by trial : winnow < sift propaganda from fact — Karl Baehr > < sifting Ph.D. candidates who are a drain on faculty time — S.E.Harris > — often used with out < sift out the fact from the theory — C.I.Glacksberg > < a training process which sifts out … the students with a natural aptitude in our direction — H.D.Gideonse > c. : to study or investigate thoroughly : probe < will sift this matter to the uttermost — Sir Walter Scott > < sift a family pretty thoroughly before turning a … dog over to them — Arthur Mayse > d. : to subject to close questioning < multiplied his questions and sifted me thoroughly — Jonathan Swift > 3. : to scatter by or as if by passing through a sieve < sift sugar on a cake > 4. : to run one's fingers through < the barber was lifting and sifting her tresses — P.H.Newby > *intransitive verb* 1. : to use a sifter or sieve : do sifting 2. : to pass through or as if through a sifter or sieve or meshed material : sieve : filter < the flour sifted through > < snow sifting in around the sashes — Dixon Wecter > < men sifted in along the border — Oscar Handlin > < bags sewn with a close stitch to minimize sifting > 3. a. : to study or examine something carefully and extract from it the good, essential, or desirable (as something that falls in a class) : screen < in working through the documents he was constantly sifting > b. : to separate something out by sifting : winnow : select < in all his people … he is sifting until he comes down to the infinitesimal deposit of humanity — V.S.Pritchett > c. : to study or investigate something thoroughly : probe < the mind unwilling to be rushed to conclusions, the sifting, scientific mind — H.A.Overstreet > — compare sieve • - sift through II. noun (-s) : that which is sifted < acres … when their toughness is reduced by winter frosts to a rich sift, as of molehills — Adrian Bell >
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