sieve

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

sieve [sieve sieves sieved sieving] noun, verb BrE [sɪv] NAmE [sɪv]
noun
a tool for separating solids from liquids or larger solids from smaller solids, made of a wire or plastic net attached to a ring. The liquid or small pieces pass through the net but the larger pieces do not
•Press the apricot jam through a sieve and stir in one tablespoon of cold water.

Word Origin:
Old English sife (noun), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch zeef and German Sieb.

Example Bank:
•Wash the rice in a sieve under cold running water.
Idiom: ↑have a mind like a sieve
 
verb ~ sth
to put sth through a ↑sieve
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English sife (noun), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch zeef and German Sieb.

Example Bank:
•Liquidize or sieve half the soup and return it to the pot.
•The compost is heavy and has been sieved to eliminate stones and twigs.

 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  screen, sift, strain, screen out, sort