sieve out

• 短语动词，指通过筛选将某物从混合物中分离或去除，或从一组中挑出特定元素。

A phrasal verb meaning to separate or remove something from a mixture by passing it through a sieve, or to extract specific elements from a group.

不可数 · 及物 · 短语动词，可分

1. Separate by filteringformal

   To remove unwanted elements from a mixture by passing it through a sieve or similar process.

   筛除

   • The chef sieved out the lumps from the flour.
   • They sieved out the impurities from the sand.
   • The technician sieved out the larger particles from the sample.

   同义词filter outscreen outseparate outwinnow out

2. Selectively removeinformal

   To identify and remove unwanted or irrelevant items from a group.

   筛选掉

   • The committee sieved out the weakest applications.
   • We need to sieve out the incorrect data from the report.
   • The editor sieved out the errors from the manuscript.

   同义词eliminatefilter outscreen outseparate outweed outwinnow out

   反义词keepretain

基本动词sieve