sifting
n. 筛,过滤
v. 筛( sift的现在分词 ); 筛滤; 细查; 详审
If you sift a powder such as flour or sand, you put it through a sieve in order to remove large pieces or lumps.
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。
If you sift through something such as evidence, you examine it thoroughly.
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。
Brook has sifted the evidence and summarises it clearly.
布鲁克已经仔细审查过证据并将其总结得一清二楚。
1. the act of separating grain from chaff;
He lay on the beach, sifting the sand through his fingers.
他躺在沙滩上用手筛砂子玩.
I stood at the foot of the collapsed tower and watched the rescue workers sifting through the debris.
我站在倒塌的高塔脚下,看着救援人员在瓦砾堆中搜寻。
I was sifting the cinders when she came in.
她进来时,我正在筛煤渣.
Police experts are sifting all the evidence with a fine - tooth comb .
警方专门人员仔仔细细地 审查所 有证据.
They are sifting the wheat from the chaff.
他们正往外筛麦壳子.