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单词 sift
释义
sift
verb[T]
uk
/sɪft/us
/sɪft/

siftverb[T](SEPARATE)

to putflour,sugar, etc. through asieve(=wirenetshapedlike abowl)tobreakuplargepieces:
筛（面粉、糖等）
When thecakeiscooked, sift someicingsugarover thetopof it.蛋糕做好后，在上面筛上一些糖粉。
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Preparing food
  • batch cooking
  • biga
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  • buttered
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  • clarify
  • glaze
  • glazed
  • grate
  • ingredient
  • jerk
  • purée
  • re-season
  • recipe
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siftverb[T](EXAMINE)

to make acloseexaminationof all thepartsof something inordertofindsomething or toseparatewhat isusefulfrom what is not:
仔细检查；筛查
Thepoliceare sifting theevidenceverycarefullytotryandfindtheguiltyperson.警察在非常仔细地检查证据，试图找出罪犯。
After my father'sdeath, I had to siftthroughall hispapers.父亲去世后，我必须查看整理他的所有文件。
Thepolicearetryingto siftoutthegenuinewarningsfromall thehoaxcallsthey havereceived.警方试图从他们接到的各种恶作剧电话中分辨出真正的报警电话。
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Analysing and evaluating
  • adjudication
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  • gauge
  • go over
  • go through
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  • inspect
  • inspection
  • probe
  • reinterpret
  • reinterpretation
  • reinvestigate
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  • scratch
  • the acid test
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(Definition ofsiftfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sift| American Dictionary

sift
verb
us
/sɪft/

siftverb(SEPARATE)

[T]
toshakeapowderedsubstancethrough asieveinordertobreaklumpsinto verysmallgrains:
Sift somepowderedsugarontopof thecake.

siftverb(EXAMINE)

[I/T]
to make acloseexaminationof something:
[T]Thepolicearecarefullysifting theevidence.
[I]I had to sift through all mypapers.
(Definition ofsiftfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsift

sift
Nevertheless, it may be claimed that the facts collected have been carefully sifted, the references conscientiously verified, and the opposing theories honestly presented.
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He offers as a metaphor for the encounter of cultures that of a ' sifting ' : what happened to classical culture in passing through a biblical filter ?
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The entire mixture was shaken thoroughly for 5 min and sifted through a coarse sieve of 250 mm pore size mesh.
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By carefully sifting through a wide range of archival accounts (including mission accounts), the author has performed a very valuable service.
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The pupae were then sifted and transferred to normal rearing cages and treated in the standard manner as above.
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Observations were performed every 6 h by sifting the sand to record developmental duration.
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Arguments are carefully explained and weighed and the findings of a wide range of research studies are sifted and summarised.
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Note that even though the instantaneous signals contain large-amplitude random velocity fluctuations, the phase-averaging technique sifts out the coherent structure signatures.
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Much more evidence will have to be sifted before these issues can be settled definitively.
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All those appointed were experienced at sifting through complex issues and coming to reasonable conclusions based on evidence presented to them.
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Withers sifts the evidence carefully to show the dynamics of this transformation.
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Still, he shows here once again his uncanny ability in sifting through documentary material with an eye for the revealing episode and the telltale behaviour.
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Surely, then, the theological assumptions that are of most interest are those that remain after the process of sifting and checking for consistency has been completed.
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One of the intuitive charms of this fast disk-based eigenvector-eigenvalue algorithm is that it literally sifts through the image information while finding the main eigenimages of the data set.
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The usual methodology is to uphold the dictionary definitions while sifting through the historical archive for patterns or behavior that conform to or contradict the model.
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