sift

verb

/sɪft/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they sift	/sɪft/ /sɪft/
he / she / it sifts	/sɪfts/ /sɪfts/
past simple sifted	/ˈsɪftɪd/ /ˈsɪftɪd/
past participle sifted	/ˈsɪftɪd/ /ˈsɪftɪd/
-ing form sifting	/ˈsɪftɪŋ/ /ˈsɪftɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

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[transitive] sift something to put flour or some other fine substance through a sieve / sifter筛（面粉或颗粒较细的物质）
- Sift the flour into a bowl.把面粉筛到碗里。
Extra Examples
- Sift the flour finely before adding it to the mixture.把面粉细细筛一遍再加到混合料里。
- You will need 100g self-raising flour, sifted.你需要100克自养面粉，过筛。
[transitive, intransitive] to examine something very carefully in order to decide what is important or useful or to find something important细查；详审
- sift something We will sift every scrap of evidence.我们将细查每一点证据。
- Computers are being used to sift the information.计算机正被用来筛选信息。
- sift through something Crash investigators have been sifting through the wreckage of the aircraft.调查坠机事件的专家一直在仔细检查飞机残骸。
Extra Examples
- He's mentally sifting for truths.他在脑子里细细思忖想找出事实真相。
- I spent hours sifting through those heavy art books.我花了好几个小时翻看那些沉甸甸的画册。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- carefully
- out
preposition
- for
- through
phrases
- spend hours sifting through something
- spend time sifting through something
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[transitive] sift something (out) from something to separate something from a group of things区分；挑选；精选
- He sifted the relevant data from the rest.他从其余的数据中筛选出相关的数据。
- She looked quickly through the papers, sifting out from the pile anything that looked interesting.她很快地翻了一下那摞文件，把所有看着有趣的东西都拣了出来。