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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