sift
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they sift | |
| he / she / it sifts | |
| past simple sifted | |
| past participle sifted | |
| -ing form sifting |
- [transitive] sift something
to put flour or some other fine substance through a sieve / sifter 篩（面粉或顆粒較細的物質） Extra ExamplesSift the flour finely before adding it to the mixture. 把面粉細細篩一遍再加到混合料裏 。 You will need 100g self-raising flour, sifted. 你需要100克自養面粉，過篩。
- [transitive, intransitive]
to examine something very carefully in order to decide what is important or useful or to find something important 細查；詳審 - sift something
We will sift every scrap of evidence. 我們將細查每一點證據。 Computers are being used to sift the information. 計算機正被用來篩選信息。 - sift through something
Crash investigators have been sifting through the wreckage of the aircraft. 調查墜機事件的專家一直在仔細檢查飛機殘骸。
Extra ExamplesHe's mentally sifting for truths. 他在腦子裏細細思忖想找出事實真相。 I spent hours sifting through those heavy art books. 我花了好幾個小時翻看那些沉甸甸的畫冊。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- out
- for
- through
- spend hours sifting through something
- spend time sifting through something
- sift something
- [transitive] sift something (out) from something
to separate something from a group of things 區分；挑選；精選
Word OriginOld English siftan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch ziften, also to sieve.