sift
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(a) [Tn] put (sth) through a sieve 筛(某物)
sift the flour, sugar, etc 筛面粉、 糖等.
(b) [Tn.pr, Tn.p]
~ sth (out) from sth; ~ sth out separate sth from sth by putting it through a sieve 筛分(某物)
sift (out) the lumps from the flour, the wheat from the chaff 把面粉中的面块筛出来、 把小麦的壳筛掉.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr]
shake or sprinkle (sth) through a sieve 筛下(某物)
sift flour (into the mixture) 把面粉筛进混合物里
sift sugar onto a cake 把糖筛撒在糕饼上.
3 [Ipr, Tn] ~ (through) sth (fig 比喻) examine sth very carefully 详察, 细审(某事物)
sift through the piles of correspondence 仔细检查成堆的信件
sift the evidence, data, etc 认真审查证据、 数据等.
It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.