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词汇 sifting
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Definition of sifting in English:

sifting

nounˈsɪftɪŋˈsɪftɪŋ
  • 1mass noun The action of sifting something.

    the laborious sifting of evidence took its toll
    Example sentencesExamples
    • When he and his associates make a very embarrassing mistake in their sifting of the facts, it drives a wedge between them and the people they're trying to help.
    • The impression of profound thought and relentless sifting of the ideas can only inspire respect.
    • A cardholder, aware of the delay in the sifting of information by the computer centre, withdraws excessive amounts by relying on a balance he knows to be out of date.
    • Admittedly, it may be the invisible hand that is doing much of the sifting.
    • Will two centuries of sifting really leave La Dolce Vita, Raging Bull, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Sweeney Todd on the same scrapheap as the works of Thackeray?
    • He analyses truth as complex and many-angled, scattered in the fallen world, to be recovered by sifting and debate.
    • The winnowed wheat is washed and then carried to the mill for grinding and sifting by two horizontal waterwheels underneath.
    • The brunt of sifting takes place during implementation.
    • Centuries of the most diligent sifting have not produced a play or any part of a play in his own hand.
    • The paper praised him for his "continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found."
    1. 1.1count noun An amount of sifted material.
      a fine sifting of plaster dust powdered the floor
      Example sentencesExamples
      • For a stucco wall, I used a spray of adhesive followed with a fine sifting of talc.
      • The components: a drop of water, a drop of blood, and a sifting of ash.
      • I experimented with a light sifting of powder over everything to tone down the brightness of the colours.
      • A stack of sixteen hoops, divided by a slight sifting of chaff to separate the cakes, had been completed and taken to one of the four men who would express the oil.
      • A fine sifting of powder had accumulated on the floor making a delicate stencil of my feet like a pointillistic art piece.
      • If it gets a little sticky, add a sifting of cornstarch, but just a dusting.
      • Before baking, decorate the top of each cookie with half a nutmeat and a sifting of sugar, if desired.
      • It was delicious with a nice texture and served with a sifting of powdered sugar on top.
      • I added it with the sifting of the flour and the other dry ingredients.
      • Put the loaves, seam side down, in baking dishes that have been greased and dusted with a sifting of cornmeal.

Definition of sifting in US English:

sifting

nounˈsɪftɪŋˈsiftiNG
  • 1The action of sifting something.

    the laborious sifting of evidence took its toll
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The impression of profound thought and relentless sifting of the ideas can only inspire respect.
    • When he and his associates make a very embarrassing mistake in their sifting of the facts, it drives a wedge between them and the people they're trying to help.
    • The brunt of sifting takes place during implementation.
    • Admittedly, it may be the invisible hand that is doing much of the sifting.
    • He analyses truth as complex and many-angled, scattered in the fallen world, to be recovered by sifting and debate.
    • A cardholder, aware of the delay in the sifting of information by the computer centre, withdraws excessive amounts by relying on a balance he knows to be out of date.
    • Centuries of the most diligent sifting have not produced a play or any part of a play in his own hand.
    • Will two centuries of sifting really leave La Dolce Vita, Raging Bull, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Sweeney Todd on the same scrapheap as the works of Thackeray?
    • The winnowed wheat is washed and then carried to the mill for grinding and sifting by two horizontal waterwheels underneath.
    • The paper praised him for his "continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found."
    1. 1.1 An amount of sifted material.
      a fine sifting of plaster dust powdered the floor
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It was delicious with a nice texture and served with a sifting of powdered sugar on top.
      • I experimented with a light sifting of powder over everything to tone down the brightness of the colours.
      • Put the loaves, seam side down, in baking dishes that have been greased and dusted with a sifting of cornmeal.
      • A stack of sixteen hoops, divided by a slight sifting of chaff to separate the cakes, had been completed and taken to one of the four men who would express the oil.
      • For a stucco wall, I used a spray of adhesive followed with a fine sifting of talc.
      • Before baking, decorate the top of each cookie with half a nutmeat and a sifting of sugar, if desired.
      • The components: a drop of water, a drop of blood, and a sifting of ash.
      • A fine sifting of powder had accumulated on the floor making a delicate stencil of my feet like a pointillistic art piece.
      • If it gets a little sticky, add a sifting of cornstarch, but just a dusting.
      • I added it with the sifting of the flour and the other dry ingredients.
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