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.
雙語例句
1. Sift the flour and baking powder into a medium-sized mixing bowl.
將面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.
把面粉篩到碗里。
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.