| 单词 | grit |
| 释义 | grit (once / 1051 pages) 1nv 2vn Grit is a coarse, gravelly dust. If you don't rinse dried beans before you cook them, you may end up crunching grit between your teeth. Grit is small, sandy pieces of rock or stone. Another way to use the word grit is to mean a determined, courageous attitude. If you have grit, you'll keep trying to climb a rock wall no matter how many times you slip and fall. Charles Portis's 1968 novel "True Grit" tells the story of a young girl in the 1800s who embodies this quality, persevering through extreme difficulty and struggle. WORD FAMILYgrit: grits, gritted, gritting, gritty+/gritty: grittier, grittiest, grittily USAGE EXAMPLESReynolds is a nonstop provider of joy in “Singin’ in the Rain,” just the right combination of innocence and grit. The New Yorker(Dec 29, 2016) The result is a salutary visual grit, which anchors Hurtado’s contradictorily evanescent forms. Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) Smith’s value to a team transcends mere grit and determination. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1n a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone Syn|Hyper gritrock, gritstone sandstone a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.) 2v cover with a grit 2grit roads Hyper coat, surface put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface 1v clench together grit one's teeth Hyper clench squeeze together tightly 2n fortitude and determination Syn|Hyper backbone, gumption, guts, moxie, sand fortitude strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage |
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