sifting 音标拼音: [s'ɪftɪŋ]
精查; 详细审查; 过筛
精查; 详细审查; 过筛
sifting n 1 :
the act of separating grain from chaff ; "
the winnowing was done by women " [
synonym : {
winnow }, {
winnowing }, {
sifting }]
Sift \
Sift \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Sifted };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Sifting }.] [
AS .
siftan ,
from sife sieve . [
root ]
151a .
See {
Sieve }.]
1 .
To separate with a sieve ,
as the fine part of a substance from the coarse ;
as ,
to sift meal or flour ;
to sift powder ;
to sift sand or lime .
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2 .
To separate or part as if with a sieve .
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When yellow sands are sifted from below ,
The glittering billows give a golden show . --
Dryden .
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3 .
To examine critically or minutely ;
to scrutinize .
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Sifting the very utmost sentence and syllable .
--
Hooker .
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Opportunity I here have had To try thee ,
sift thee . --
Milton .
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Let him but narrowly sift his ideas . --
I .
Taylor .
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{
To sift out },
to search out with care ,
as if by sifting .
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64 Moby Thesaurus words for "
sifting ":
amassing evidence ,
appraisal ,
assessment ,
assortment ,
bolting ,
categorization ,
clarification ,
classification ,
close inquiry ,
colature ,
culling ,
department of investigation ,
destructive distillation ,
detection ,
detective work ,
distillation ,
edulcoration ,
elution ,
elutriation ,
essentialization ,
evaluation ,
exhaustive study ,
extraction ,
factoring ,
filtering ,
filtration ,
gauging ,
gradation ,
grouping ,
hearing ,
identification ,
indagation ,
investigation ,
investigative bureau ,
leaching ,
legislative investigation ,
legwork ,
lixiviation ,
percolation ,
perscrutation ,
placement ,
probe ,
purification ,
ranking ,
refinement ,
research ,
riddling ,
screening ,
selection ,
separation ,
sieving ,
sifting out ,
sleuthing ,
sorting ,
sorting out ,
spiritualization ,
straining ,
sublimation ,
subordination ,
taxonomy ,
triage ,
weighing ,
winnowing ,
witch -
hunt
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