winnow 详细解释

winnow

['winəu]

v. 吹开糠皮, 把挑出来, 精选

词形变化

名词: winnower | 动词过去式: winnowed | 动词过去分词: winnowed | 动词现在分词: winnowing | 动词第三人称单数: winnows |

词义辨析

同义参见:

single  air  

英英释义

名词 winnow:

the act of separating grain from chaff

同义词：winnowing, sifting

动词 winnow:

separate the chaff from by using air currents

同义词：fan

blow on

select desirable parts from a group or list

同义词：cull out

blow away or off with a current of air

补充

winnowwinnow英:[ˈwinəu] 美:[ˈwɪno]v.1.簸,扬(谷),吹开糠皮,吹掉,精选,分出好坏,飞行n.1.扬谷,扬谷器

例句

1. to winnow truth from falsehood辨别真伪 2. The committee will need to winnow out the nonsense and produce more practical proposals if it is to achieve results.委员会若要取得成果, 需要摈除不着边际的观点, 提出更实际的建议。 3. Time has winnowed out certain of the essays as superior.历经岁月淘洗, 某些文章终成经典。 4. Administration officials have winnowed the list of candidates to three.行政官员将候选名单筛减至3人。 5. to winnow the wheat簸麦子 6. to winnow the chaff away筛掉谷壳 7. the flowers winnowed by breeze被微风吹拂的花朵 8. It's important to winnow truth from falsehood in scientific research.在科研工作中去伪存真是很重要的。 9. You should winnow out the inaccuracies of this paper this afternoon.你今天下午把这篇文章中不精确的内容删掉。 10. The petrel came winnowing in from afar on the sea.海燕从海上遥远的地方振翅飞来。 11. women winnow the chaff from piles of unhusked rice.女人们把成堆成堆的稻谷扬去谷壳。 12. the contenders had been winnowed to five.经过筛选，竞争者剩下五名。 13. amidst this welter of confusing signals, it's difficult to winnow out the truth.在杂乱无章的信号之中，要辨别真相很困难。 14. guidelines that would help winnow out those not fit to be soldiers.将有助于筛去那些不适合当兵之人的准则。 15. the autumn wind winnowing its way through the grass.秋风一路轻拂草地。 16. The least qualified applicants were winnowed out of the initial pool.最不符合条件的申请者被从初选名单中剔除。 17. "The list of candidates has been winnowed [=narrowed down, whittled down] to five."候选人名单已经筛减至五人。 18. He needs to winnow down his options.他要缩减选择范围。 19. Harvesters winnowed the chaff from the wheat.收割机筛掉小麦的谷壳。

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