So it's like water going through a sieve.

就像是水流漏斗样。

Because it's as di-mini-tive as it is do-mini-utive, my mind must be like sieve.

因为它是像巨小样迷你，我思想必须像筛子样。

Sieve the flour with baking power, powder. Then a pinch of salt.

筛筛面粉和发酵粉，之后再加撮盐。

Some birds such as ducks, have flat bills for sieving small bits of food from the mud.

有些像鸭子，它们有扁喙来从泥土中筛选食物。

I didn't sieve the flour – that explains the lumps.

我没有筛面粉——所以才会有疙瘩。

This now needs to be put through a sieve, which one of my kitchen maids can do.

现在这些浓汤需要筛，也就是我厨房女仆可以处理。

No, Rob, I meant you have a memory like a sieve.

不，罗伯，我是说你记忆就像筛子样。

He would then use a sieve to get rid of the rough grains.

还要再细细地筛遍才能使用。

And yet, the most incredible feeling of all, was when he defeated the old man with a sieve, Death himself.

然而，最难以置信感觉是，他用筛子把老人——死神自己——打败了。

My husband's got a memory like a sieve – he keeps going out and leaving the iron switched on.

我丈夫记性太差了，他总是出门不关电熨斗。

You can use a fine-mesh sieve or a cheesecloth.

可以用细筛子或是奶酪纱布。

Man, this ville leaks like a sieve.

这个村子漏得像个筛子。

We have absolutely every scrap of the grain that goes into the millstones is actually used in the flour, so nothing is sieved out.

每粒进入磨石米都物尽其用了，没有筛掉地方。

I've got a memory like a sieve – I left the house without my keys this morning and now I'm locked out!

我记性不好，今天早上我没带钥匙就出门了，现在我被锁在外面了！

So, hey, speaking of money, how are you feeling about helping the physics department get a cryogenic centrifugal pump and molecular sieve?

说到钱 你想不想帮物理系添置个低温离心泵和个分子筛？

When we say someone has a memory like a sieve, we mean they have a very bad memory and forget things easily!

当我们说某人有像筛子样记忆时，意思是说他们记忆力很差，容易忘记事情！

Then came the want of sieves to clean it, of a mill to grind it, and of yeast to make bread of it.

接着，就需要筛子来清理它，磨碎它，用酵母做面包。

And you're going to need a fine sieve, or you could use coffee filter paper. I'm just using a tea strainer.

你还需要个很好筛子，或者你可以用咖啡滤纸。我只是用个茶滤器。

You're listening to The English We Speak from BBC Learning English, and we're talking about the phrase 'to have a memory like a sieve'.

欢迎收听BBC《地道英语》，我们正在学习短语" to have a memory like a sieve" 。

Religions had what one might term a sieve view of the mind: that anything one pours in will quickly be lost in our perforated memories.

任何事物流进筛子，又快速从空隙中流失。