sieve
sieve 英 [sɪv] 美 [sɪv]
n. 筛子；滤网 v. 筛；滤
进行时:sieving 过去式:sieved 过去分词:sieved 第三人称单数:sieves 名词复数:sieves
- A sieve is a mesh strainer used to separate lumps and clumps from the fine material. Sieves are handy for everything from sifting flour to prospecting for gold — anything where you need to separate the big from the small.
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- n. 筛子；滤网
- v. 筛；滤
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1. His routine work is to rub the coal through a sieve.
他的日常工作是用力筛煤。
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2. Filter the curd through a sieve.
用筛子过滤凝乳。
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3. Draw water with a sieve.
竹篮子打水一场空。
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4. We can separate the stones out with a sieve.
我们可以用一个筛子把石头分离出来。
- sieve (n.) Old English sife "sieve," from Proto-Germanic *sib (source also of Middle Dutch seve, Dutch zeef, Old High German sib, German Sieb), from PIE *seib- "to pour out, sieve, drip, trickle" (see soap (n.)). Related to sift. The Sieve of Eratosthenes (1803) is a contrivance for finding prime numbers. Sieve and shears formerly were used in divinations.
- sieve (v.) late 15c., from sieve (n.). Related: Sieved; sieving.
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