sift
[sift]
v.筛下, 筛分, 详察
例句与用法:
Perhaps most important, these elections will put new faces before the public, especially from the opposition camp. This testing of the waters will measure the impact of the candidates, build name recognition and sift the issues.
也许最重要的是,这些选举将使大众认识新面孔,尤其是来自反对党阵营的。这样投石问路将会测如候选人的影响力,建立知名度,并过滤问题。
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。
Snow sifted through the crack in the roof into the room.
雪从屋顶上的裂缝飘进屋里。
Sift the flour before making the cake.
做蛋糕前先把面粉筛一下。
词形变化:
名词: sifter | 动词过去式: sifted | 动词过去分词: sifted | 动词现在分词: sifting | 动词第三人称单数: sifts |
vt.
1. 筛; 过滤
Gold is sifted from sand.
金从沙里淘出来。
2. 撒, 撒落
Sift sugar on top of the cake.
在蛋糕上面撒上糖。
3. 详查, 细究
We sifted the information carefully to find a clue that would help us.
我们仔细研究资料以便找出对我们有所帮助的线索。
4. 区分; 筛选[O][(+out/from)]
It is important to sift the true from the false in studying history.
研究历史时去伪存真是很重要的。
vi.
1. 筛; 被筛
2. 撒下, 飘落
The dust sifted in through the cracks in the window.
灰尘从窗户的裂缝里钻了进来。
3. 详查, 细究[(+through)]
She sifted through her purse.
她仔细翻看自己的钱包。
sift
过去式:sifted
过去分词:sifted
现在进行时:sifting
词形变化:
名词: sifter | 动词过去式: sifted | 动词过去分词: sifted | 动词现在分词: sifting | 动词第三人称单数: sifts |
词义辨析:
同义:
vt.区分; 筛选
sort
separate
divide
同义参见:
filter
screen
sift[sift]vt.1.■用筛筛分,筛选;过滤:to sift the fuel to the engine滤清至发动机的燃用油2.■撒,撒布:to sift salt onto the steak往肉排上撒盐末3.■使分开;区分;挑选,精选:to sift good from bad区分好与坏4.■细查,详查;仔细审问:to sift the evidence仔细查证证据vi.1.■筛:Has the flour sifted?面粉过筛了吗?2.■被筛下:the ore that sifts被筛下的矿石3.■(有如过筛似的)落下,撒下,通过:Heavy snow is sifting onto the ground.满天大雪撒落在大地上。4.■细查;探究:to sift through something细查某物5.■挑选;精选:to sift in the box for a button在盒中挑选纽扣
siftsift[sift]vt.1.■筛, 筛分; 过滤; 精选; 细查; 清理2.■在.. 上撒 (胡椒等) (over; upon)sift the cinders筛煤渣sift gold from sand沙里淘金sift sugar on to a cake筛撒糖在糕饼上sift the evidence细查证据
词性变化sift[sift]vi.1.■被筛下2.■精选; 细审; 详查(into)3.■落进; (雪等) 纷落The snow sifted softly down.大雪纷纷落下。
verb
- [with obj.]put (a fine, loose, or powdery substance) through a sieve so as to remove lumps or large particles
筛(微小颗粒、疏松或粉末状物质),筛分;过滤
sift the flour into a large bowl.
将面粉筛进一个大碗中。
■(figurative)examine (something) thoroughly so as to isolate that which is most important or useful
(喻)筛选;遴选
until we sift the evidence ourselves, we can't comment objectively.
只有等我们筛选出证据后,我们才能客观加以评论。
[no obj.]the fourth stage involves sifting through the data and evaluating it.
第四阶段涉及到筛选数据,并加以评价。
■(sift something out)separate something, especially something to be discarded, from something else
使分开,剔除
he asked for streamlined procedures to sift out frivolous applications.
他要求简化程序,剔除毫无意义的申请。
■cause to flow or pass as through a sieve
(使)通过筛具般撒下,落下,通过
Miranda sifted the warm sand through her fingers.
米兰达将暖和的沙子从指缝中漏下。
■[no obj., with adverbial of direction](of snow, ash, light, or similar) descend or float down lightly or sparsely as if sprinkled from a sieve
(雪、灰或光线等)轻轻撒落,轻轻飘落
ash began to sift down round them.
灰尘开始在他们周围撒落下来。
- [usu. in sing.]an act of sifting something, especially so as to isolate that which is most important or useful
筛,筛选
a careful archaeological sift must be made through the debris.
必须对瓦砾进行细致的考古筛选工作。
■an amount of sifted material
筛过的原料
the floor was dusted with a fine sift of flour.
地板上撒满了筛过的精细面粉。
sifter
noun
语源
- Old English siftan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch ziften, also to sieve
sift
动词 sift:
move as if through a sieve
separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements
check and sort carefully
同义词:sieve
distinguish and separate out
同义词:sieve
sift
■To make use of the modern ephemeris of the sun and the moon and sift all the data of the solar eclipse calculated in Luoyang during the period from the 20th century to the 22nd century BC. 3.
(2)必须利用现代的日月历表,对于公元前第20至22世纪之间300年,在洛阳可见日食重新全部计算出来,并逐个进行筛选;
■KJV] And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
[新译]他的气息如涨溢的河水,直涨到颈项,并要用毁灭的筛把列国筛净,又在众民口中放入使人步向灭亡的嚼环。
■Sift the true from the false.
一个真正的民主国家允许言论自由。
■Three days later, families were allowed to return to the neighborhood to sift through the piles of debris and ash that were once their homes.
三天后这些房子被大火夷为平地,这些家庭获准回去,他们想从火灾遗留下来的瓦砾堆及灰烬中,筛选出还能用的东西。
■The sole institution of higher education for international business in the East China region, SIFT boasts a long history of business education with its distinctive traits and traditional superiority.
上海对外贸易学院为华东地区唯一的一所涉外商科大学,具有从事国际商务高等教育的悠久历史、鲜明特色和传统优势。
■REUTERS People sift through dirt looking for stones at an abandoned railway track in the village of Combat Camp near Liberia's capital Monrovia August 27, 2005.
下图?的赖比瑞亚小女孩则走在赖比瑞亚首都蒙罗维亚,一处荒废的铁道上头,从污物当中筛选有用的石头。
■Combine all-purpose flour, semolina, baking powder, ground hazelnut and cinnamon powder and sift into the egg mixture.
中筋粉,粗麦粉,烤粉,榛子粉和肉桂粉混合过筛到鸡蛋混合物里。
■Combine all-purpose flour, semolina, baking powder, ground hazelnut and cinnamon powder and sift into the egg mixture. Blend in milk and raisins.
中筋粉,粗麦粉,烤粉,榛子粉和肉桂粉混合过筛到鸡蛋混合物里。倒入牛奶和提子拌匀。
■He had to sift through a pile of papers to find the missing article.
为了找到那篇丢失的文章,他不得不仔细翻看那一堆文章。
■Sift out the true from the false.
为伪存真。
■Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat.
主又说,西门,西门,撒但想要得着你们,好筛你们,像筛麦子一样。
■Perhaps most important, these elections will put new faces before the public, especially from the opposition camp. This testing of the waters will measure the impact of the candidates, build name recognition and sift the issues.
也许最重要的是,这些选举将使大众认识新面孔,尤其是来自反对党阵营的。这样投石问路将会测如候选人的影响力,建立知名度,并过滤问题。
■What was then said and thought till speaks to us as vividly as ever form the printed page. The only effect of time has been to sift out the bad products; for nothing in literature can long survive but what is really good.
书籍记载了他们的言论和思想,现在看来依旧生动。时间惟一的作用是淘汰垃圾作品,只有真正的作品才能受时间的检验而历久长存。
■Sift out the most important names from this list of possible speakers.
从这张可能发言的人的名单中挑出最重要的名字来。
■Their website can sift through candidates for jobs in the IT sphere.
他们的网站可以筛选出IT领域的求职者。
■He took such pride in his yellow hair, it is said, that he used to sift gold-dust on his head in order that his hair, thus brightened, might seem even yellower.
他对黄色的头发如此自傲,据说,他经常在头上撒上砂金,使头发变得亮泽,更加金黄。
■He showed the new amber fossil to his thesis adviser (Adis), who suggested that he sift through the collections of several European museums for other unidentified bugs of this sort.
他把刚收到的琥珀化石拿给论文指导教授阿地斯看,阿地斯建议他到欧洲的几个博物馆里,去找还没?定出种属的昆虫标本,看看其中有没有这种昆虫。
■The thump of his foot on the floor leveled the chair and delicate fountain, and a moment later the ceiling itself began to sift down, the twining branches moldering into soft dust.
他的脚重重踏在地上,椅子和精致的喷泉同样化成了灰烬,片刻之后,天花板也开始散落下来,那缠绕的枝条状的花纹碎成了轻柔的灰尘。
■But finding the right property for your limited investment dollars is like panning for gold: You have to sift through a lot of gravel before you find that valuable nugget.
但是,用有限的投资买到正确的房子却像淘金一样不容易:你要滤过许多沙子才能发现金子。
■Sift together the cake flour, baking powder and vanilla powder and set aside.
低筋粉,烤粉和香草粉混合过筛备用。
■As the first spacecraft to study the Martian arctic plains, Phoenix will sift through the soil for 3 months for any signs that it once harbored life.
作为首个在火星北极着陆的人类探测器,"凤凰"号将展开为期3个月的地面探测,寻找是否曾存在适宜生命的环境。
■As the first spacecraft to study the Martian arctic plain, Phoenix will sift through the soil for 3 months for any signs that it once harbored life.
作为首个在火星北极着陆的人类探测器,“凤凰”号将展开为期3个月的地面探测,寻找是否曾存在适宜生命的环境。
■Why did not you sift some sugar on to the cake ?
你为什么没在糕点上撒点糖呢?
■You'll have to sift through all of it to see what you can salvage.
你得全部筛一遍,看你能救回哪些文档。
■You should sift the flour .
你该筛撒面粉。
■Sift the flour before making the cake .
做点心之前,先把面粉筛一下。
■Sift the flour before making the cake.
做蛋糕前先把面粉筛一下。
■Sift together thoroughly, then stir in an equal amount of work and play.
充分搅和后,然后再拌入等量的工作和玩乐。
■Keyword: TRM( triple module redundant); SIFT( solftware implemented fault tolerance); controller.
关键词:三冗余;软件容错;控制器。
■Gradually sift in the cake flour, cornstarch and baking powder.
分次筛入混合的低粉,玉米淀粉和烤粉。
■In a large bowl sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
取一个大盆,把面粉,烤粉和盐混合过筛备用。
■Visitors can sift through nearly a half-million declassified government documents and/or browse through more than 571,000 messages in the forums.
同时可以浏览论坛中571,000条信息。
■Trouble is a sieve through which we sift our acquaintances. Those too big to pass through are our friends.
困难如筛子,过虑掉熟人,留下了朋友。
■Workers at state-owned enterprises and local government officials joined rescuers from the army, medical services and police to sift through collapsed buildings for survivors.
国有企业员工和地方政府官员加入了军队、医疗队和警察的行列,一同在坍塌的建筑物中搜寻幸存者。
■In a medium bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
在一个中号碗里,筛和面粉,可可粉,小苏打,泡打粉和盐。在一个大号碗里,混合黄油和糖。一次加一个鸡蛋。加香草精。往大号碗里分3次加面粉混合和牛奶,以面粉结束。
■In a large bowl, sift together cake flour, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and poppy seeds.
在一个大盆内,将低粉、普通面粉、泡打粉、苏打粉、盐和罂粟籽混合过筛。
■Police continued on Sunday to sift through the debris in the Taj hotel.They are also questioning the one attacker who was captured alive to try to establish who masterminded the assault.
在周六,警察继续在泰姬陵皇宫酒店的废墟上搜查.他们也正在讯问被活抓的一位袭击者, 尽力查出谁是幕后指使这些袭击.
■This is a system which is architected to sift out the elite, at the expense of the rest.
在宛洁的部落格上看到她引用别人的部落格.是在论述新加坡教育系统.
■Sift sugar on top of the cake.
在蛋糕上面撒上糖。
■Sift confectioner sugar on top of the cake.
在蛋糕上面撒上糖粉。
■Trucking refuse to the half-dozen rag-picking settlements that ring the city, they carefully sift out recyclable glass, paper and plastic.
垃圾货运环绕城市居民区半打的垃圾回收点,他们仔细的挑选出可以循环再用的玻璃瓶子、旧报纸和塑料制品。
■Trucking refuse to the maple story mesos half-dozen rag-picking settlements that ring the city, they carefully sift out recyclable glass, paper and plastic.
垃圾货运环绕城市居民区半打的垃圾点,他们仔细的挑选出可以循环再用的玻璃瓶子、旧报纸和塑料制品。
■She decided to take a rest, and when tomorrow comes, the dawn sunshiny must sift the perfect vision into her mind.
她决定先休息,明天清晨的阳光一定可以为她沉淀出最好的画面。
■She had to sift ashes from the cinders .
她只好把煤渣中的灰筛出去。
■The Congo's freshwater elephant fish, such as the one seen above, use their long snouts to sift through river bottom sediments for food--another example of the Congo as a hotbed of evolution.
如上图所看到的刚果河中的淡水象鼻鱼,通过它们的长鼻子过滤河底的沉积物来发现食物。这是刚果河物种多样性进化温床的另一例证。
■Shall I sift this flour with a sieve?
它是用来筛面粉,面包粉或糖粉的。
■Sift together flours and starch in a mixing bowl. Grease the tarlet pans with salad oil. Set aside.
将3种粉混合过筛到盆里,塔模抹上沙拉油备用。
■Sift the flour, starch and baking powder into the margarine mixture. Add in rose petal and mix until well-combined.
将中筋粉,淀粉和泡打粉混合筛入拌匀,接着加入玫瑰花瓣碎片拌到无干粉的均匀状态。
■Combine first 6 items for the dough, then sift in the flour and baking powder. Mix until it is completely incorporated. Wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
将夸克底的前6项原料混合,然后筛入面粉和烤粉,混合拌匀成团。用保鲜膜包好入冰箱松弛30分钟。
■Sift together the dry ingredients into mixing bowl. Add in diced butter and knead to form dough.
将干材料全部混合过筛,置入搅拌盆中,并加入牛油丁,揉成面团。