| 单词 | gritty |
| 释义 | gritty (once / 4610 pages) 1adj 2adj Gritty things have a rough texture that makes them feel like they're coated with sand. After a day at the beach, you might come home with gritty arms and legs. A baking project involving corn meal might result in a gritty counter and a gritty kitchen floor, and one shake of your dirty dog will leave you with a gritty couch. Grit is a tiny particle of sand or stone, and gritty means "covered in grit." A second meaning of gritty is "showing bravery and spirit." When you stick with something no matter how scary or difficult it is, that's gritty. WORD FAMILYgritty: grittier, grittiest, grittily+/grit: grits, gritted, gritting, gritty USAGE EXAMPLES“There’s a gritty, worldly insolence to them, and a sense of power,” he said. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Fighting is a gritty, emotional exercise in which statistics often mean nothing. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) “And their ‘D’ linemen are really tough and gritty down there in the trenches.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 adj composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency 2Syn coarse-grained, farinaceous, grainy, granular, granulose, mealy coarse, harsh of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles adj willing to face danger Syn game, gamey, gamy, mettlesome, spirited, spunky brave, courageous possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching |
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