sift
英[s?ft]
美[s?ft]
- vt. 篩選；撒；過濾；詳查
- vi. 篩；詳查；撒下；細究
- n. (Sift)人名；(匈)希夫特
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?sifts;過去式:?sifted;過去分詞:?sifted;現在分詞:?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《權威詞典》
- 3. Sift out the wheat from the chaff.
- 把小麥的殼篩出來.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. Police officers have continued to sift through the wreckage following yesterday's bomb attack.
- 警察繼續仔細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?
- 你為什么沒在糕點上撒點糖 呢 ?
來自辭典例句