Sifter

(noun.) a household sieve (as for flour).

整理:彼得

• Although the beak is thus very inferior as a sifter to that of a shoveller, yet this bird, as every one knows, constantly uses it for this purpose. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• For household purposes a patent sifter is the best to use in mixing. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Ducks, like whales, subsist by sifting the mud and water; and the family has sometimes been called Criblatores, or sifters. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.

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