Tra từ sieve - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
have a memory like a sieve (=forget things very easily)
▪ I'm sorry, I have a memory like a sieve. I forgot you were coming today!
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADJECTIVE
fine
▪ Put the soup in a food processor or blender, or push through a fine sieve, and return to the pan.
▪ Strain cooking liquid through a fine sieve into a pot.
▪ Cook a few tart apples along with a sprig or two of mint and strain through a fine sieve.
▪ Strain the stock through a fine strainer or sieve.
▪ Strain marinade through a fine sieve, reserving onions and marinating juices separately.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Force chilies through a food mill or sieve, straining out seeds and skins.
▪ Now place a sieve over a big bowl.
▪ Or put some ice cubes in the sieve before straining the soup, Roraback suggests.
▪ Pleased with the way dust has settled on the sieves.
▪ Press a sieve gently over the surface to create a textured effect.
▪ Strain cooking liquid through a fine sieve into a pot.
▪ Strain the sauce through a fine-mesh sieve and pour into a sauce boat.
▪ The fines continue to be washed through the sieve until the water runs clear.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Josh shuffled off down the lip of the basin still sieving the water.
▪ Liquidise or sieve half the soup and return it to the pot with the remainder.
▪ Liquidise the soup and then sieve it.
▪ Purée and sieve remaining fruit, and pour over turned-out pudding before serving.
▪ Stone the prunes, sieve them, with any remaining juice.
▪ Then they are stoneground or mechanically milled and sieved.
▪ They sieved the tides of fate.

sieve

I. sieve¹ /sɪv/ noun [COUNTABLE]
[Language : Old English; Origin : sife]
1.
a) a round wire kitchen tool with a lot of small holes, used for separating solid food from liquid or small pieces of food from large pieces
b) a round wire tool for separating small objects from large objects

2. have a memory like a sieve
informal to forget things easily
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THESAURUS
preparing food
▪grate to cut cheese, carrot etc into small pieces by rubbing it against a special tool :
　 ▪ Grate the cheese and sprinkle it over the top of the pasta.
▪melt to make butter, chocolate etc become liquid :
　 ▪ Melt the butter, chocolate, and 1 teaspoon of cream over a low heat.
▪sieve British English, sift American English to put flour or other powders through a sieve (=tool like a net made of wire, which you use for removing larger grains or pieces) :
　 ▪ Sift the flour and cocoa before adding to the rest of the mixture.
▪chop to cut something into pieces, especially using a big knife :
　 ▪ Chop up the vegetables.
▪dice to cut vegetables or meat into small square pieces :
　 ▪ Dice the carrots and then fry them in butter.
▪season to add salt, pepper etc to food :
　 ▪ Season the meat before grilling.
▪crush to use a lot of force to break something such as seeds into very small pieces or into a powder :
　 ▪ Add one clove of crushed garlic.
▪mix to combine different foods together :
　 ▪ Mix together all the ingredients in one bowl.
▪beat/whisk to mix food together quickly with a fork or other tool :
　 ▪ Whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks.
▪stir to turn food around with a spoon :
　 ▪ Stir the sauce gently to prevent burning.
▪fold something in to gently mix another substance into a mixture :
　 ▪ Fold in the beaten egg whites.
▪knead to press dough (=a mixture of flour and water) many times with your hands when you are making bread :
　 ▪ Knead the dough for ten minutes, until smooth.
▪drizzle to slowly pour a small amount of a liquid onto something :
　 ▪ Drizzle with olive oil.
▪let something stand to leave something somewhere, before you do something else with it :
　 ▪ Let the mixture stand for a couple of hours so that it cools naturally.
▪serve to put different foods together as part of a meal :
　 ▪ Serve with rice and a salad.
　 ▪ Serve the aubergines on a bed of lettuce.

II. sieve² verb [TRANSITIVE]
to put flour or other food through a sieve:
　 ▪ Sieve the flour and cocoa powder into a bowl.