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单词 sieve
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While he scrambled up the hill, Bess took a sieve and carefully put the remaining dirt from the shovel into it.Isabelle was the only female confidante she'd ever had, and entrusting a secret to Isabelle was rather like toting water in a sieve.The syllables sounded like gravel being shaken in a coarse sieve.Empty the contents of the pan, vegetables and water, into the sieve.

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British English: sieve /sɪv/ NOUN
A sieve is a tool consisting of a metal or plastic ring with a fine wire net attached. It is used for separating liquids from solids or larger pieces of something from smaller pieces.
Press the soup through a sieve into a bowl.
  • American English: sieve
  • Arabic: مُنْخُل
  • Brazilian Portuguese: peneira
  • Chinese: 筛子
  • Croatian: sito
  • Czech: síto
  • Danish: si
  • Dutch: zeef
  • European Spanish: tamiz
  • Finnish: siivilä
  • French: tamis
  • German: Sieb
  • Greek: κόσκινο
  • Italian: setaccio
  • Japanese: ふるい ざる
  • Korean:
  • Norwegian: sil
  • Polish: sito
  • European Portuguese: peneira
  • Romanian: sită
  • Russian: сито
  • Latin American Spanish: colador
  • Swedish: sil
  • Thai: กระชอน
  • Turkish: elek
  • Ukrainian: решето
  • Vietnamese: cái rây
British English: sieve VERB
When you sieve a substance, you put it through a sieve.
Cream the margarine in a small bowl, then sieve the icing sugar into it.
  • American English: sieve
  • Brazilian Portuguese: peneirar
  • Chinese:
  • European Spanish: tamizar
  • French: tamiser
  • German: sieben
  • Italian: setacciare
  • Japanese: ふるいにかける
  • Korean: 체로 거르다
  • European Portuguese: peneirar
  • Latin American Spanish: tamizar

Chinese translation of 'sieve'

sieve

(sɪv)

n (c)

  1. (for flour etc) 筛(篩)子 (shāizi) (个(個), )
  2. (for liquid) 滤(濾)器 (lǜqì)
  3. (= garden sieve) 筛(篩)网(網) (shāiwǎng) (张(張), zhāng)

vt

  1. [flour, soil etc] 筛(篩) (shāi)
  2. [liquid] 滤(濾) (lǜ)
    to have a memory or mind like a sieve 记(記)性极(極)差 (jìxing jí chà)
(noun) 
Definition
a utensil with a mesh through which a substance is sifted or strained
Press the raspberries through a fine sieve to form a puree.
Synonyms
strainer
a tea strainer
sifter
colander
screen
riddle
tammy cloth
(verb) 
Definition
to sift or strain through a sieve
Sieve the icing sugar into the bowl.
Synonyms
sift
Sift the flour and baking powder into a medium-sized mixing bowl.
part
The clouds parted and a shaft of sunlight broke through.
She parted the bushes with her stick.
filter
The best prevention for cholera is to filter water.
strain
Strain the stock and put it back in the pan.
separate
We separated to inspect different areas of the place.
pan
bolt
riddle

Additional synonyms

in the sense of filter
Definition
to pass through a filter or something like a filter
The best prevention for cholera is to filter water.
Synonyms
purify,
treat,
strain,
refine,
riddle,
sift,
sieve,
winnow,
filtrate,
screen
in the sense of part
Definition
to divide or separate from one another
The clouds parted and a shaft of sunlight broke through.She parted the bushes with her stick.
Synonyms
divide,
separate,
break,
tear,
split,
rend (literary),
detach,
sever,
disconnect,
cleave,
come apart,
disunite,
disjoin
in the sense of riddle
Definition
a coarse sieve
Synonyms
sieve,
screen,
filter,
strainer

Nearby words of
sieve

  • sidle
  • siege
  • siesta
  • sieve
  • sift
  • sigh
  • sigh for something or someone

Synonyms of 'sieve'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of separate
We separated to inspect different areas of the place.
Synonyms
part,
part company,
wave goodbye,
go your separate ways,
say goodbye,
say your goodbyes,
diverge
in the sense of strain
Definition
to pour (a substance) through a sieve or filter
Strain the stock and put it back in the pan.
Synonyms
sieve,
filter,
sift,
screen,
separate,
riddle,
purify
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