Old English siftan "pass (something) through a sieve," from Proto-Germanic *sib- (cognates: Dutch ziften, Middle Low German sichten, German sichten "to sift;" see sieve (n.)). Intransitive sense "to pass loosely or fall scatteredly" is from 1590s. Metaphoric sense of "look carefully through" first recorded 1530s. Related: Sifted; sifting.
例文
1. Sift the flour and baking powder into a medium-sized mixing bowl.
小麦粉とベーキングパウダーを中程度の大きさの撹拌ボウルにふるい入れた。
2. Sift the flour into a bowl.
小麦粉をボウルにふるい入れる。
3. Sift out the wheat from the chaff.
小麦の殻をふるい出す.
4.Police officers have continued to sift through the wreckage following yesterday 's bomb attack.