| 单词 | gridiron |
| 释义 | gridiron /grid"uy'euhrn/, n. 1. a football field. 2. a utensil consisting of parallel metal bars on which to broil meat or other food. 3. any framework or network resembling a gridiron. 4. a structure above the stage of a theater, from which hung scenery and the like are manipulated. v.t. 5. to mark off into squares or design with a network of squares. [1250-1300; ME gridirne, gridir(e), gridere, var. of gridel GRIDDLE; variants in -irne, -ire, etc. are associated by folk etymology with ModE var. irne, ire IRON] |
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