| 词汇 | winnowed |
| 释义 | winnowed past simple and past participle ofwinnow winnow verb[ T ] uk /ˈwɪn.əʊ/ us /ˈwɪn.oʊ/ to blow the chaff (= the outer coverings) from grain before it can be used as food扬，簸（谷物） formal to reduce a large number of people or things to a much smaller number by judging their quality: 筛选，挑选 A list of 15 applicants has been winnowed down to three.15名候选人已经筛选到只剩3人。 a winnowing process筛选过程 Removing the skin or seed from fruit & vegetables core hull pare peel pit pitted seed seeded shell shelling shuck skinless spud bashing stone stoned top top and tailidiom unpeeled unshelled winnow You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Becoming and making smaller or less Examples of winnowedwinnowed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The initial story is the same as in simple one-step selection, but after the initial variation is winnowed down, the process is repeated. After the weaker candidates are winnowed, the surviving candidates remain in the race until one candidate pulls sufficiently ahead to secure the nomination. The major candidates are winnowed to one during the primary season. In the detection step, the suspects are winnowed by checking the spelling variations of each for relatedness to context. However, should the group selected as cyclic show some distinctive behaviour pattern, we might well conclude that the basis for selection had winnowed out a non-random group. I think that many of these complaints would be winnowed out and put to sleep and the officer's reputation and his own personal feelings of self-confidence would be considerably improved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is threshed and winnowed after being dried for approximately one week. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. By this simple process, corn may be cut down, winnowed, ground, dried, and baked within half an hour. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Part of the rice harvest is grilled, ground, and winnowed, a ritual preparation for the upcoming celebration. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They include on-farm losses, such as when grain is threshed, winnowed and dried, as well as losses along the chain during transportation, storage and processing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The husks may be ground with the seeds, or winnowed away after the initial crushing; whole-grain mustard retains some unground or partially ground mustard seeds. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Once the grain was winnowed, it was ground using a millstone, to create flour. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sometimes it needed to be winnowed several times. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This process typically utilizes a broad, plate-shaped basket, or similar receptacle for holding and collecting the winnowed grain as it falls back down. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Any unwanted cherries or other material not winnowed away can be picked out from the top of the sieve. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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