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
英英释意
- 1. move as if through a sieve;
- "The soldiers sifted through the woods"
- 2. separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements;
- "sift the flour"
- 3. check and sort carefully;
- "sift the information"
- 4. distinguish and separate out;
- "sift through the job candidates"