| 单词 | winnow |
| 释义 | winnow v.tr. 1. blow (grain) free of chaff etc. by an air-current. 2. (foll. by out, away, from, etc.) get rid of (chaff etc.) from grain. 3. a sift, separate; clear of refuse or inferior specimens. b sift or examine (evidence for falsehood etc.). c clear, sort, or weed out (rubbish etc.). 4. poet. a fan (the air with wings). b flap (wings). c stir (the hair etc.). Derivatives winnower n. (in senses 1, 2). Etymology: OE windwian (as WIND(1)) |
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