sift

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act of sifting.
动词 v.
  1. To sieve or strain (something). transitive
  2. To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving. transitive
  3. To examine (something) carefully.; To scrutinize (someone or something) carefully so as to find the truth. archaic,dated,transitive
    — As neere as I could ſift him on that argument, On ſome apparant danger ſeene in him, Aym‘d at your Highneſſe, no inueterate malice.
  4. To examine (something) carefully.; [with through] To carefully go through a set of objects, or a collection of information, in order to find something. transitive
    — Sifting through the work of great orators like Philostratus and Quintilian they identify numerous examples of classical irony, metaphor, comparison, etc. which are missing in Paul.
  5. To move data records up in memory to make space to insert further records. dated,transitive

词形变化

sifts present,singular,third-person sifting participle,present sifted participle,past sifted past sifts plural

词汇关系

衍生词
outsift presift resift siftability siftable siftage sifter siftingly sift out siftproof sift through

词源

词源 1
From Middle English syften, from Old English siftan, from Proto-West Germanic *siftijan.
词源 2
From Middle English syften, from Old English siftan, from Proto-West Germanic *siftijan.
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