sift怎么读?

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

低频词CET6+TEM4GRECET6常用词汇

词态变化


第三人称单数: sifts;过去式: sifted;过去分词: sifted;现在分词: sifting;

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