sift的意思

sift

英式音标[sɪft]
美式英标[sɪft]

基本解释

vt. 筛选；撒；过滤；详查

vi. 筛；详查；撒下；细究

n. (Sift)人名；(匈)希夫特

sift 筛，筛出，筛选，检查

来自古英语 siftan,筛出，来自 Proto-Germanic*sib,筛，词源同 sieve,seep.引申比喻义筛选，检查等。

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.

1. Sift the flour and baking powder into a medium-sized mixing bowl.: 将面粉和发酵粉筛入中等大小的搅拌碗中。

4. Police officers have continued to sift through the wreckage following yesterday's bomb attack.: 警察继续仔细检查昨天炸弹袭击后留下的残骸。