英语单词
sift是什么意思
sift
英 [sɪft]
美 [sɪft]
- vt. 筛选；撒；过滤；详查
- vi. 筛；详查；撒下；细究
- n. (Sift)人名；(匈)希夫特
助记提示
1. sift => sieve.
中文词源
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。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 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