winnowing是什么意思？

winnowing

英['wɪnəʊɪŋ] 美['wɪnoʊɪŋ]

• v. 扬( winnow的现在分词 )，辨别，选择，除去；

例句

• Fitful gusts came winnowing through the smells of many distant fields. 不定的风吹来,含带着许多远野的香气.
• He is winnowing wheat now. 他现在正在簸小麦.
• The petrel came winnowing in from afar on the sea. 海燕从遥远的地方振翼飞来.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the act of separating grain from chaff;
  "the winnowing was done by women"