| 单词 | sift |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [sift] |
| 解释 | v.筛，过滤 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v.筛，过滤(to separate out by a sieve) 【同】 派生词: sifter (n.筛子) 【例】 Heavy soot sifted in through the open window. |
| 字源 | sift (v.) Old English siftan "pass (something) through a sieve," from Proto-Germanic *sib- (cognates: Dutch ziften, Middle Low German sichten, German sichten "to sift;" see sieve (n.)). Intransitive sense "to pass loosely or fall scatteredly" is from 1590s. Metaphoric sense of "look carefully through" first recorded 1530s. Related: Sifted; sifting. |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】f=v 来自sieve；音：筛分它，细分它 |
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