v.篩下；篩分；詳察

Sift the flour before making the cake. 做蛋糕前先把面粉篩一下。

Snow sifted through the crack in the roof into the room. 雪從屋頂上的裂縫飄進(jìn)屋里。

Sift out the wheat from the chaff. 把小麥的殼篩出來。

She had to sift ashes from the cinders. 她只好把煤渣中的灰篩出去。

The police will sift through the data for clues. 警察將從數(shù)據(jù)中仔細(xì)研究線索。

We have to sift through the application forms very carefully to separate the wheat from the chaff. 我們得把申請(qǐng)書仔細(xì)篩選一下以甄別優(yōu)劣。