sift
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you sift a powder such as flour or sand, you put it through a sieve in order to remove large pieces or lumps. 筛 (面粉、沙子等)
Sift the flour and baking powder into a medium-sized mixing bowl. 把面粉和发酵粉筛到一个中号搅拌碗中。
2. V-T/V-I If you sift through something such as evidence, you examine it thoroughly. 细查
Police officers have continued to sift through the wreckage following yesterday's bomb attack. 警官们继续细查了昨天炸弹袭击后留下的残骸。
返回 sift
sift /sɪft/ (sifting,sifted,sifts)
剑桥词典
sift verb [T] (SEPARATE)
to put flour , sugar , etc. through a sieve (= wire net shaped like a bowl ) to break up large pieces
筛(面粉、糖等)
When the cake is cooked , sift some icing sugar over the top of it. 蛋糕做好后,在上面筛上一些糖粉。
sift verb [T] (EXAMINE)
to make a close examination of all the parts of something in order to find something or to separate what is useful from what is not
仔细检查;筛查
The police are sifting the evidence very carefully to try and find the guilty person . 警察在非常仔细地检查证据,试图找出罪犯。
After my father's death , I had to sift through all his papers . 父亲去世后,我必须查看整理他的所有文件。
The police are trying to sift out the genuine warnings from all the hoax calls they have received . 警方试图从他们接到的各种恶作剧电话中分辨出真正的报警电话。 返回 sift