sifting
n. 篩,過濾
v. 篩( sift的現在分詞 ); 篩濾; 細查; 詳審
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.
將麵粉和發酵粉篩入中等大小的攪拌碗中。
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...
警察繼續仔細檢查昨天炸彈襲擊後留下的殘骸。
Brook has sifted the evidence and summarises it clearly.
布魯克已經仔細審查過證據並將其總結得一清二楚。
1. the act of separating grain from chaff;
He lay on the beach, sifting the sand through his fingers.
他躺在沙灘上用手篩砂子玩.
I stood at the foot of the collapsed tower and watched the rescue workers sifting through the debris.
我站在倒塌的高塔腳下,看著救援人員在瓦礫堆中搜尋。
I was sifting the cinders when she came in.
她進來時,我正在篩煤渣.
Police experts are sifting all the evidence with a fine - tooth comb .
警方專門人員仔仔細細地 審查所 有證據.
They are sifting the wheat from the chaff.
他們正往外篩麥殼子.