sift

• vt. 篩選；撒；過濾；詳查
• vi. 篩；詳查；撒下；細究
• n. (Sift)人名；(匈)希夫特

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。

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.

將麵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.

把麵粉篩到碗裏。

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後留下的殘骸。

來自柯林斯例句

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

你為什麽沒在糕點上撒點糖 呢 ?

來自辭典例句