"the winnowing was done by women"
"She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"
同义词： fan
"The wind was winnowing her hair"; "the wind winnowed the grass"
"winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants"
同义词： cull out
"winnow chaff"
以上来源于: WordNet
V-T If you winnow a group of things or people, you reduce its size by separating the ones that are useful or relevant from the ones that are not. 筛选; 遴选 [文学性]
Administration officials have winnowed the list of candidates to three.
行政官员将候选人名单筛减到三人。
When a king sits on his throne to judge, he winnows out all evil with his eyes.
王坐在审判的位上，以眼目驱散诸恶。
The recommendation engine is that prosthesis: it winnows the millions of options down to a manageable handful.
而推荐引擎就是这样的手：它化繁为简，将数百万种选择精简至易于应付的一小撮。
Lufthansa Technik receives 5,000 to 6,000 apprenticeship applications each year. It winnows that pool down to about 250 selectees.
汉莎技术公司每年收到5,000至6,000份学徒申请，其中的250人才能获得最终的学徒机会。
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