2001 A Space Odysseyを読んでいますがまだ宇宙の話ではありません。
And then the world began to change. In four great waves, with two hundred thousand years between their crests, the Ice Ages swept by, leaving their mark on all the glove. Outside the tropics, the glaciers slew those who had prematurely left their ancestral home; and everywhere they winnowed out the creatures who could not adapt.
ここに出てきた "winnowed" はこれまでに何度か読んだ事のある単語でブログでも扱ったと思いましたが、記録に見あたらないので今回でしっかり覚えたいと思います。
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary:
a (1) : to remove (as chaff) by a current of air (2) : to get rid of (something undesirable or unwanted) : remove --often used with out: winnow out certain inaccuracies -- Stanley Walker b (1) : separate, sift: an old hand at winnowing what is true and significant -- Oscar Lewis (2) : select
・Cambridge English Dictionary: formal to reduce a large number of people or things to a much smaller number by judging their quality: A list of 12 candidates has been winnowed down to a shortlist of three.: a winnowing process
・Vocabulary.com: To winnow is to blow something away until you are left with what you want, like grain from chaff. If you only want your favorite people at the party, you will need to winnow down the guest list from 300 to 30.
To winnow is to use air to “separate the wheat from the chafe" -- literally or figuratively. If a coach winnows down the top NBA draft picks to his number one choice, then he'll focus his negotiations on that player. Chances are, if you encounter the word winnow on a given day, it is probably not in the literal context of grain.
"window" と関係がありました。
And then the world began to change. In four great waves, with two hundred thousand years between their crests, the Ice Ages swept by, leaving their mark on all the glove. Outside the tropics, the glaciers slew those who had prematurely left their ancestral home; and everywhere they winnowed out the creatures who could not adapt.
ここに出てきた "winnowed" はこれまでに何度か読んだ事のある単語でブログでも扱ったと思いましたが、記録に見あたらないので今回でしっかり覚えたいと思います。
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary:
a (1) : to remove (as chaff) by a current of air (2) : to get rid of (something undesirable or unwanted) : remove --often used with out: winnow out certain inaccuracies -- Stanley Walker b (1) : separate, sift: an old hand at winnowing what is true and significant -- Oscar Lewis (2) : select
・Cambridge English Dictionary: formal to reduce a large number of people or things to a much smaller number by judging their quality: A list of 12 candidates has been winnowed down to a shortlist of three.: a winnowing process
・Vocabulary.com: To winnow is to blow something away until you are left with what you want, like grain from chaff. If you only want your favorite people at the party, you will need to winnow down the guest list from 300 to 30.
To winnow is to use air to “separate the wheat from the chafe" -- literally or figuratively. If a coach winnows down the top NBA draft picks to his number one choice, then he'll focus his negotiations on that player. Chances are, if you encounter the word winnow on a given day, it is probably not in the literal context of grain.
"window" と関係がありました。
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