sift

英 [s?ft] 美[s?ft]
  • vt. 篩選；撒；過濾；詳查
  • vi. 篩；詳查；撒下；細(xì)究
  • n. (Sift)人名；(匈)希夫特
低頻詞CET6+TEM4GRECET6常用詞匯

詞態(tài)變化

第三人稱單數(shù):?sifts;過去式:?sifted;過去分詞:?sifted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?sifting;

助記提示

1. sift => sieve.

中文詞源

sift 篩，篩出，篩選，檢查

來自古英語 siftan,篩出，來自 Proto-Germanic*sib,篩，詞源同 sieve,seep.引申比喻義篩選，檢 查等。

英文詞源

sift (v.)
Old English siftan "pass (something) through a sieve," from Proto-Germanic *sib- (cognates: Dutch ziften, Middle Low German sichten, German sichten "to sift;" see sieve (n.)). Intransitive sense "to pass loosely or fall scatteredly" is from 1590s. Metaphoric sense of "look carefully through" first recorded 1530s. Related: Sifted; sifting.

雙語例句

1. Sift the flour and baking powder into a medium-sized mixing bowl.
將面粉和發(fā)酵粉篩入中等大小的攪拌碗中。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Sift the flour into a bowl.
把面粉篩到碗里。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. Sift out the wheat from the chaff.
把小麥的殼篩出來.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

4. Police officers have continued to sift through the wreckage following yesterday's bomb attack.
警察繼續(xù)仔細(xì)檢查昨天炸彈襲擊后留下的殘骸。

來自柯林斯例句

5. Why didn't you sift some sugar on to the cake?
你為什么沒在糕點(diǎn)上撒點(diǎn)糖 呢 ?

來自辭典例句