网络释义专业释义英英释义
winnow
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n.
the act of separating grain from chaff
"the winnowing was done by women"
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v.
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separate the chaff from by using air currents
"She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"
同义词： fan
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blow on
"The wind was winnowing her hair"; "the wind winnowed the grass"
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select desirable parts from a group or list
"winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants"
同义词： cull out
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blow away or off with a current of air
"winnow chaff"
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separate the chaff from by using air currents
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
winnow /ˈwɪnəʊ/ ( winnowing, winnowed, winnows )
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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]
例：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。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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Time has winnowed out certain of the essays as superior.
历经岁月的淘洗，有些文章成为经典。
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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。
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One hundred finalists from 47 countries were winnowed from over 1,700 entries.
100位入围者从1700多个参赛选手中脱颖而出。
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Their bodies,burned by the sun and stained yellow from the raft dye, had winnowed down to skeletons.
VOA: special.2011.05.04
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The best of them are winnowed out to pursue further study and eventually assume positions of public leadership and responsibility.
学习能力最佳的人,会被精选出来深造,最后承继,公共领袖的职位与责任。
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"I planted my own wheat and harvested and threshed and winnowed and ground that wheat into flour."
VOA: standard.2010.07.16
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