柯林斯詞典sift /s?ft/ (sifting,sifted,sifts) 1. V-T If you sift a powder such as flour or sand, you put it through a sieve in order to remove large pieces or lumps. 篩 (面粉、沙子等) Sift the flour and baking powder into a medium-sized mixing bowl. 把面粉和發(fā)酵粉篩到一個(gè)中號(hào)攪拌碗中。2. V-T/V-I If you sift through something such as evidence, you examine it thoroughly. 細(xì)查 Police officers have continued to sift through the wreckage following yesterday's bomb attack. 警官們繼續(xù)細(xì)查了昨天炸彈襲擊后留下的殘骸。 返回 sift劍橋詞典 sift verb [T] (SEPARATE) to put flour , sugar , etc. through a sieve (= wire net shaped like a bowl ) to break up large pieces 篩（面粉、糖等） When the cake is cooked , sift some icing sugar over the top of it. 蛋糕做好后，在上面篩上一些糖粉。 sift verb [T] (EXAMINE) to make a close examination of all the parts of something in order to find something or to separate what is useful from what is not 仔細(xì)檢查；篩查 The police are sifting the evidence very carefully to try and find the guilty person . 警察在非常仔細(xì)地檢查證據(jù)，試圖找出罪犯。 After my father's death , I had to sift through all his papers . 父親去世后，我必須查看整理他的所有文件。 The police are trying to sift out the genuine warnings from all the hoax calls they have received . 警方試圖從他們接到的各種惡作劇電話中分辨出真正的報(bào)警電話。 返回 sift