winnow 音标拼音: [w'ɪn
, o]
vt . 吹掉,吹开糠皮,把挑出来,精选
vi . 扬谷,分出好坏,飞行
n . 扬谷,扬谷器
吹掉,吹开糠皮,把挑出来,精选扬谷,分出好坏,飞行扬谷,扬谷器
winnow n 1 :
the act of separating grain from chaff ; "
the winnowing was done by women " [
synonym : {
winnow }, {
winnowing }, {
sifting }]
v 1 :
separate the chaff from by using air currents ; "
She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field " [
synonym : {
winnow },
{
fan }]
2 :
blow on ; "
The wind was winnowing her hair "; "
the wind winnowed the grass "
3 :
select desirable parts from a group or list ; "
cull out the interesting letters from the poet '
s correspondence "; "
winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants " [
synonym : {
cull out }, {
winnow }]
4 :
blow away or off with a current of air ; "
winnow chaff "
Winnow \
Win "
now \ (
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n [-
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v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Winnowed }
(
w [
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n [-
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d );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Winnowing }.] [
OE .
windewen ,
winewen ,
AS .
windwian ;
akin to Goth .
winpjan (
in comp .),
winpi -
skauro a fan ,
L .
ventilare to fan ,
to winnow ;
cf .
L .
wannus a fan for winnowing ,
G .
wanne ,
OHG .
wanna . [
root ]
131 .
See {
Wind }
moving air ,
and cf . {
Fan }.,
n ., {
Ventilate }.]
[
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1 .
To separate ,
and drive off ,
the chaff from by means of wind ;
to fan ;
as ,
to winnow grain .
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Ho winnoweth barley to -
night in the threshing floor .
--
Ruth .
iii .
2 .
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2 .
To sift ,
as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth ;
to separate ,
as bad from good .
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Winnow well this thought ,
and you shall find This light as chaff that flies before the wind .
--
Dryden .
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3 .
To beat with wings ,
or as with wings .[
Poetic ]
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Now on the polar winds ;
then with quick fan Winnows the buxom air . --
Milton .
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Winnow \
Win "
now \,
v .
i .
To separate chaff from grain .
[
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Winnow not with every wind . --
Ecclus .
v .
9 .
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123 Moby Thesaurus words for "
winnow ":
aerate ,
air ,
air out ,
air -
condition ,
air -
cool ,
airify ,
analyze ,
appraise ,
assess ,
bolt ,
catalog ,
categorize ,
choose out ,
clarifier ,
clarify ,
class ,
classify ,
clear ,
colander ,
comb ,
contradistinguish ,
cordon ,
cordon off ,
cradle ,
cribble ,
cross -
ventilate ,
cull ,
cull out ,
decide between ,
decrassify ,
demarcate ,
demark ,
depurate ,
differentiate ,
discriminate ,
distill ,
distinguish ,
divide ,
draw the line ,
edulcorate ,
elute ,
essentialize ,
evaluate ,
excerpt ,
extract ,
factor ,
fan ,
filter ,
filtrate ,
freshen ,
gauge ,
ghettoize ,
gin ,
glean ,
group ,
handpick ,
identify ,
insulate ,
isolate ,
keep apart ,
keep aside ,
lay aside ,
leach ,
lixiviate ,
lixiviator ,
make a selection ,
mark the interface ,
oxygenate ,
oxygenize ,
percolate ,
percolator ,
pick ,
pick out ,
purifier ,
purify ,
put aside ,
quarantine ,
rectify ,
refine ,
refiner ,
refinery ,
refresh ,
riddle ,
rocker ,
ruffle ,
screen ,
screen out ,
seclude ,
segregate ,
select ,
separate ,
set a limit ,
set apart ,
set aside ,
set off ,
sever ,
severalize ,
sieve ,
sieve out ,
sift ,
sift out ,
sifter ,
single out ,
sort ,
sort out ,
spiritualize ,
split hairs ,
strain ,
strainer ,
subdivide ,
sublimate ,
sublime ,
subtilize ,
thrash ,
thrash out ,
thresh ,
try ,
ventilate ,
weigh ,
wind ,
winnowing basket ,
winnowing fan ,
winnowing machine
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