winnowing

英 [ˈwɪnəʊɪŋ]

美 [ˈwɪnoʊɪŋ]

v.  簸，扬，风选(以去掉谷壳)
winnow的现在分词

COCA.39935

柯林斯词典

• VERB 筛选;遴选
  If youwinnowa group of things or people, you reduce its size by separating the ones that are useful or relevant from the ones that are not.
  1. Administration officials have winnowed the list of candidates to three.
     行政官员将候选名单筛减至3人。

英英释义

noun

• the act of separating grain from chaff
  1. the winnowing was done by women
  Synonym:winnowsifting

双语例句

• The winnowing continues in fits and starts throughout adolescence, then picks up again in middle age.
  这场筛选一阵一阵地继续，然后开始贯穿整个青春期。
• The utility model is also provided with a set of winnowing device, and grains are winnowed and collected by the negative pressure of an air intake of a blower.
  它还有一套风运装置，由风机的进风口负压实现粮食的风运收集。
• Support search as a winnowing tactic.
  支持的搜索作为一个选拔赛的策略。
• The new conservatism reflects the winnowing of those expectations.
  新盛行的保守主义反映出这些乐观预期已经被大浪淘尽。
• The girl is winnowing the chaff from the corn.
  那个女孩正在簸去谷壳。
• The idea of building China into a harmonious socialist society is deeply rooted in our Chinese traditional culture, and it has been the social ideals through the long Chinese history. It is self-evident that winnowing Chinese traditional culture is one organic constitution of building harmonious society.
  构建社会主义和谐社会具有深厚的中国传统文化底蕴，和谐社会是历来中国人孜孜以求的社会理想，弘扬中国传统文化是构建社会主义和谐社会题中应有之意。
• The petrel came winnowing in from afar on the sea. A group of left-wing radicals picketed the White House today.
  海燕从遥远的地方振翼飞来。一群左翼激进分子今天围在白宫周围。
• Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind; The sound of a clarinet floated gently into our ears.
  让发丝随着簸谷的风轻飘；竖笛的声音轻悠悠地飘进我们的耳朵里。
• Or I was attracted by the passage of wild pigeons from this wood to that, with a slight quivering winnowing sound and carrier haste;
  或者我给一群野鸽子吸引住了，看它们从这一个树林飞到那一个树林，带着一些儿嗡嗡的微颤的声音，急遽地飞过；
• He is winnowing wheat now.
  他现在正在簸小麦。