单词 | drum sieve |
释义 | > as lemmasdrum sieve drum sieve n. [after French crible à tambour (1762 or earlier)] a sieve in the form of a disc of fine mesh or similar material enclosed within a cylindrical frame. ΚΠ 1765 tr. in Foreign Ess. Agric. & Arts xvi. 110 They pass the corn through drum-sieves (cribles à tambour) made of pierced iron plates. 1878 Metall. Rev. Apr. 189 Near the forwarding tower are four drum sieves. 2004 H. Blumenthal Family Food 24 A flat ‘drum sieve’, which looks a bit like one of those gold-prospectors' bowls. < as lemmas |
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