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sift

🇬🇧 UK/sift/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To pass through a sieve to separate particles; to examine or sort carefully

筛，过滤；仔细审查，详细检查

n.

An act of sifting

筛选；过滤

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
siftother
=sift

Common Collocations

  • 1.sift through仔细筛查，逐一审阅
  • 2.sift out筛选出，过滤掉
  • 3.sift the evidence审查证据
  • 4.sift fact from fiction辨别真伪，去伪存真

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Sift the flour and baking powder together into a large mixing bowl.

  • 2.

    Investigators spent weeks sifting through thousands of documents for evidence.

  • 3.

    It takes time to sift fact from fiction in today's flood of online information.

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