sift
v. 筛下；筛分；详察
名词：sifter 过去式：sifted 过去分词：sifted 现在分词：sifting 第三人称单数：sifts
近义词：separate，filter，strain，divide，sort，sieve，screen，sortthrough，gothrough，examine，select，scrutinize，refine，
详细释义
v.(动词)
- 精选，挑选，区分， 筛选，筛分
- 过滤，清理
- 撒，撒落，撒下，飘落
- 细究，细查，详查，详审
- 筛
- 被筛下
- 在...上撒
- 筛除，筛去，剔除，淘汰
- 通过
双解释义
v.(动词)
- vt. 筛，筛滤 separate by putting through a sieve
- vt. 细查，详审 make a close and thorough examination (of things in a mass or group)
英英释义
Verb
- move as if through a sieve;
"The soldiers sifted through the woods"
- separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements;
"sift the flour"
- check and sort carefully;
"sift the information"
- distinguish and separate out;
"sift through the job candidates"
例句
用作动词(v.)
- Sift the flour before making the cake.做蛋糕前先把面粉筛一下。
- Snow sifted through the crack in the roof into the room.雪从屋顶上的裂缝飘进屋里。
- Sift out the wheat from the chaff.把小麦的壳筛出来。
- She had to sift ashes from the cinders.她只好把煤渣中的灰筛出去。
- The police will sift through the data for clues.警察将从数据中仔细研究线索。
- We have to sift through the application forms very carefully to separate the wheat from the chaff.我们得把申请书仔细筛选一下以甄别优劣。