sift

• vt. 筛选；撒；过滤；详查
• vi. 筛；详查；撒下；细究
• n. (Sift)人名；(匈)希夫特

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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Sift the flour into a bowl.

把面粉筛到碗里。

来自《权威词典》

3. Sift out the wheat from the chaff.

把小麦的壳筛出来.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

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。

来自柯林斯例句

5. Why didn't you sift some sugar on to the cake?

你为什么没在糕点上撒点糖 呢 ?

来自辞典例句