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单词 sifting
释义

sifting

/ˈsɪftɪŋ /
noun
1 [mass noun] The action of sifting something: the laborious sifting of evidence took its toll...
  • He analyses truth as complex and many-angled, scattered in the fallen world, to be recovered by sifting and debate.
  • The winnowed wheat is washed and then carried to the mill for grinding and sifting by two horizontal waterwheels underneath.
  • The paper praised him for his "continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found."
1.1 [count noun] An amount of sifted material: a fine sifting of plaster dust powdered the floor...
  • A stack of sixteen hoops, divided by a slight sifting of chaff to separate the cakes, had been completed and taken to one of the four men who would express the oil.
  • It was delicious with a nice texture and served with a sifting of powdered sugar on top.
  • I added it with the sifting of the flour and the other dry ingredients.
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