winnow

vt. 簸, 扬(谷), 吹掉, 把挑出来, 精选 vi. 扬谷, 分出好坏, 飞翔 n. 扬谷, 扬谷器

发音

US /ˈwɪnoʊ/
UK /ˈwɪnəʊ/

词形变化

winnows 复数 winnows winnowed winnowest winnoweth winnowing winnows 三单 winnowing 现在分词 winnowed 过去式 winnowed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    That which winnows or which is used in winnowing; a contrivance for fanning or winnowing grain.

    箕

  2. 2.

    The act of winnowing

v.
  1. 1.

    To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.

    簸

    及物 植物学 商务
  2. 2.

    To separate, sift, analyse, or test by separating items having different values.

    比喻 及物

    They winnowed the field to twelve.

    They winnowed the winners from the losers.

    They winnowed the losers from the winners.

  3. 3.

    To blow upon or toss about by blowing; to set in motion as with a fan or wings.

    文学 及物
  4. 4.

    To move about with a flapping motion, as of wings; to flutter.

    过时 不及物 文学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

sifting winnowing

上位词 1

separation
动词

同义词 1

fan

上位词 10

take pull choose fan remove withdraw strain select sieve sift

相关短语

winnow sheet winnow the wheat from the chaff winnow sheets winnow down winnow up winnow grain from chaff

词源

From Middle English wyndwen, from Old English windwian (“to winnow, fan, ventilate”), from Proto-West Germanic *windwōn, from Proto-Germanic *windwōną, *winþijaną (“to throw about, winnow”), from Proto-Indo-European *wē- (“to winnow, thresh”). Cognate with West Frisian wynje (“to winnow”), dialectal Dutch winden, winnen (“to winnow”), Middle High German winden (“to winnow”), Icelandic vinsa (“to pick out, weed”), Latin vannus (“a winnowing basket”). See fan, van.

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