sift
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(a) [Tn] put (sth) through a sieve 筛(某物)
sift the flour, sugar, etc 筛面粉、 糖等.
(b) [Tn.pr, Tn.p]
~ sth (out) from sth; ~ sth out separate sth from sth by putting it through a sieve 筛分(某物)
sift (out) the lumps from the flour, the wheat from the chaff 把面粉中的面块筛出来、 把小麦的壳筛掉.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr]
shake or sprinkle (sth) through a sieve 筛下(某物)
sift flour (into the mixture) 把面粉筛进混合物里
sift sugar onto a cake 把糖筛撒在糕饼上.
3 [Ipr, Tn] ~ (through) sth (fig 比喻) examine sth very carefully 详察, 细审(某事物)
sift through the piles of correspondence 仔细检查成堆的信件
sift the evidence, data, etc 认真审查证据、 数据等.
You'd better not go inside. There might be snakes.
你最好不要进去。说不定有蛇呢。
They had to work inside the ship, cutting away old metal, fixing new metal plates, drilling holes, laying electrical and phone wires and fixing new pipes for water and steam.
他们要在船舱里工作,切掉旧的金属,焊接新的金属板,钻孔,埋电线和电话线以及安装新的水管和蒸汽管。
As soon as one bee discovered the honey, many more came to it one after another in a short time.