sift
英 [s?ft]
美[s?ft]
- vt. 篩選；撒；過濾；詳查
- vi. 篩；詳查；撒下；細究
- n. (Sift)人名；(匈)希夫特
英英釋意
- 1. move as if through a sieve;
- "The soldiers sifted through the woods"
- 2. separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements;
- "sift the flour"
- 3. check and sort carefully;
- "sift the information"
- 4. distinguish and separate out;
- "sift through the job candidates"