单词	grate
释义	verb | noun grategrate1 /greɪt/ verb Etymology ETYMOLOGYgrate1 Origin: 1300-1400 Medieval Latin crata, grata something made of woven sticks, from Latin cratis; ➔ CRATE1 Verb Table VERB TABLE grate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they grate he, she, it grates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they grated Present perfect I, you, we, they have grated he, she, it has grated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had grated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will grate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have grated Continuous Form Present I am grating he, she, it is grating you, we, they are grating Past I, he, she, it was grating you, we, they were grating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been grating he, she, it has been grating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been grating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be grating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been grating Collocations COLLOCATIONS► grate on my nerves  Her high voice began to grate on my nerves. Thesaurus THESAURUSdivide something into pieces► cut to use a knife, scissors, etc. to divide something into two or more pieces, or to remove a piece from the main part of something:  Let me cut the cake. Using scissors, cut carefully along the dotted lines. ► chop (up) to cut meat, vegetables, or wood into pieces:  Chop the garlic into small pieces and put it in the pan. ► slice to cut bread, meat, or vegetables into thin pieces:  She sliced some bread and put it on a plate. ► dice to cut vegetables or meat into small square pieces:  Dice the tomatoes and onions the same size. ► peel to cut the outside part off an apple, potato, etc.:  Are you going to peel the potatoes or leave the skins on? ► carve to cut pieces from a large piece of meat:  Who’s going to carve the turkey this year? ► shred to cut vegetables into small thin pieces:  He shredded the carrots and put them on top of the salad. ► grate to cut cheese, vegetables, etc. into small pieces using a grater:  I scraped my finger while I was grating the cheese. 1 [transitive] to rub cheese, fruit, etc. against a rough or sharp surface in order to break it into small pieces:  The Parmesan cheese was freshly grated.► see thesaurus at cut12[intransitive, transitive] to make an unpleasant sound by rubbing against another hard surface, or to make something do this: grate on/against chalk grating against a blackboard3[intransitive] to annoy someone SYN irritate: grate on Her high voice began to grate on my nerves. → see also grating2 verb | noun grategrate2 noun [countable] Etymology ETYMOLOGYgrate2 Origin: 1300-1400 Old French grater to make marks in a surface 1the frame and metal bars that hold the wood, coal, etc. in a fireplace2a metal frame with bars across it that covers a hole, window, etc.:  The homeless slept on subway grates to keep warm.
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