winnowed 扬净的
风选的
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}.]
1. To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of
wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain.
Ho winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing floor.
--Ruth. iii.
2.
2. To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from
truth; to separate, as bad from good.
Winnow well this thought, and you shall find
This light as chaff that flies before the wind.
--Dryden.
3. To beat with wings, or as with wings.[Poetic]
Now on the polar winds; then with quick fan
Winnows the buxom air. --Milton.
- The opening day's competition winnowed a field of 222, the largest in the history of the event, to 151, including Lisa, a 4th grader who studies the violin.
- But these were winnowed down and finally just 100 were chosen by the 12-member ruling Politburo.
- The company has since negotiated several cuts in what it pays for cod, and has winnowed the price to $1.80 a pound, effective July 1.
- A panel of judges winnowed the finalists for Solnit's review, Ms. Dion said.
- In recent weeks, bidders have been winnowed down from more than two dozen.
- Staffers from the Treasury, House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee winnowed down a long array of tax increases and tax breaks to what one House staff member characterized as "a more manageable list."