Sifter
['sɪftɚ]
解释:
(n.) One who, or that which, sifts.
(n.) Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamell/ of the beak.
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例句:
- Although the beak is thus very inferior as a sifter to that of a shoveller, yet this bird, as every one knows, constantly uses it for this purpose. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- For household purposes a patent sifter is the best to use in mixing. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- Ducks, like whales, subsist by sifting the mud and water; and the family has sometimes been called Criblatores, or sifters. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
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