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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\ ( w[ i^] n" n[- o]), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Winnowed} ( w[ i^] n" n[- o] 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}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain. [ 1913 Webster] Ho winnoweth barley to- night in the threshing floor. -- Ruth. iii. 2. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as bad from good. [ 1913 Webster] Winnow well this thought, and you shall find This light as chaff that flies before the wind. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To beat with wings, or as with wings.[ Poetic] [ 1913 Webster] Now on the polar winds; then with quick fan Winnows the buxom air. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster]
Winnow \ Win" now\, v. i. To separate chaff from grain. [ 1913 Webster] Winnow not with every wind. -- Ecclus. v. 9. [ 1913 Webster] 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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