winnowed

英 [ˈwɪnəʊd]

美 [ˈwɪnoʊd]

v.  簸，扬，风选(以去掉谷壳)
winnow的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 筛选;遴选
  If youwinnowa group of things or people, you reduce its size by separating the ones that are useful or relevant from the ones that are not.
  1. Administration officials have winnowed the list of candidates to three.
     行政官员将候选名单筛减至3人。

双语例句

• I had winnowed the husk away when he came in.
  他进来时，我已把糠筛去了。
• They will thus accumulate without being winnowed out and will eventually be present in overwhelmingly lethal numbers.
  于是后一类有害突变逐渐积累而不是被除去，最终将达到远超过致命的数量。
• The utility model is also provided with a set of winnowing device, and grains are winnowed and collected by the negative pressure of an air intake of a blower.
  它还有一套风运装置，由风机的进风口负压实现粮食的风运收集。
• 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。
• Other studies winnowed out abnormal DNA in lung adenocarcinoma tumors and acute myeloid leukemia.
  其它研究把肺腺癌肿瘤和急性骨髓性白血病中的异常DNA挑了出来。
• Administration officials have winnowed the list of candidates to three.
  行政官员将候选名单筛减至3人。
• The state-run Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday that satellite broadcasters have winnowed the number of entertainment shows aired during prime time to 38 from 126.
  新华社周二报道说，多家卫视将黄金时段播出的娱乐节目从126档减至38档。
• Wave action then winnowed the clay.
  波浪作用是将粘土淘走。
• People rarely deal with raw data but consume them in processed form, once they have been aggregated or winnowed by computers.
  人们很少直接处理原始的数据，而是先利用电脑对原始数据进行汇总和筛选，再使用经过电脑处理过的信息。