| 释义 |
grind1 /grīnd/ transitive verb (prp grīndˈing; pat ground /grownd/ or (obsolete) grindˈed; pap ground or (obsolete) groundˈen)- To reduce to powder or small particles by friction or crushing
- To wear down, sharpen, smooth or roughen by friction
- To rub together harshly
- To force (in, into; lit and figurative)
- (with out) to produce by great effort, or by working a crank
- (with down) to oppress or harass
- To work by a crank
intransitive verb- To be moved or rubbed together
- To jar or grate
- (with on or away) to continue (to work, etc) relentlessly and doggedly, esp at something tedious
- To read or study hard
- (with on) to drone or harp on (informal)
- (of a dancer) to circle the hips erotically (informal)
noun- The act, sound or jar of grinding
- The specific fineness of particles in a ground powder, esp coffee
- Drudgery, a hard, tedious task
- Laborious study for an examination, etc
- A bore, bother (informal)
- A student who gives all his or her time to study (US)
- Private tuition (Irish)
- In dancing, an erotic circling movement of the hips (informal)
ORIGIN: OE grindan grindˈer noun - Someone who, or that which, grinds
- A tooth that grinds food
- A coach or crammer of students for examination
- A hard-working student or dogged worker
grindˈery noun - A place where knives, etc are ground
- Shoemakers' materials
grindˈing noun - An act or process of the verb to grind
- The act of reducing to powder
adjective- For grinding
- Wearing down
- Very severe
- Extortionate
- (of sound) harsh
- Giving a harsh sound
grindˈingly adverb groundˈen adjective (archaic) Sharpened grindˈhouse noun (US) A genre of film exploiting sex, violence and horror grind rail or grinding rail noun A long narrow bar, raised above the ground, on which stunts may be performed in skateboarding, etc grindˈstone noun A circular revolving stone for grinding or sharpening tools ground beef noun (N American) Minced beef ground glass noun - Glass fogged by grinding, sandblasting or etching
- Glass in the form of fine particles, used as an abrasive
grind the face (or faces) of To oppress, esp by taxation grind to a halt To move more and more slowly until finally coming to a standstill (lit and figurative) keep one's (or someone's) nose to the grindstone To subject oneself (or someone) to continuous hard work take a grinder (Dickens) To put the left thumb to the nose and to work an imaginary coffee mill round it with the right hand (a gesture of derision) |