sifter

n. 筛选工, 筛子 [医] 筛粉机

发音

US /ˈsɪftɚ/
其它

词形变化

sifters 复数 sifters

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients.

    Near-synonym: sieve

  2. 2.

    One who sifts.

    罕用

    He was employed as a sifter.

  3. 3.

    Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose, so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamellae of the beak.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

screen sieve

词源

From sift + -er.

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