winnowed
/win-oh/US // ˈwɪn oʊ //UK // (ˈwɪnəʊ) //
筛选出的,筛分,筛选出来的,筛选
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v.有主动词 verb
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- : to free from the lighter particles of chaff, dirt, etc., especially by throwing it into the air and allowing the wind or a forced current of air to blow away impurities.
- : to drive or blow away by fanning.
- : to blow upon; fan.
- : to subject to some process of separating or distinguishing; analyze critically; sift: to winnow a mass of statements.
- : to separate or distinguish: to winnow falsehood from truth.
- : to pursue with flapping wings in flying.
- : to fan or stir as with the wings in flying.
v.无主动词 verb
- 1
- : to free grain from chaff by wind or driven air.
- : to fly with flapping wings; flutter.
n.名词 noun
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- : a device or contrivance used for winnowing.
- : an act of winnowing.
Synonyms & Antonyms
verbblow away
Forms: winnowing
Examples
The blasts of adversity were necessary to winnow the spurious and false away, and to leave the tried and true behind.
The corn thrashed out is cleared away by the men, others winnow it, others heap it, others supply fresh layers.
These had lived there so long as to be able to winnow the chaff and throw the refuse off.
Wer't nae for thy girning face I would knock the big, winnow the corn, and grun the meal!
This seems unlikely, unless it can be shown that Winwaloe and Winnow or Winoc were the same person.
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