| 单词 | grind |
| 释义 | grind —grindable, adj. —grindability, n. —grindingly, adv. /gruynd/, v. , ground or (Rare) grinded; grinding; n. v.t. 1. to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens. 2. to reduce to fine particles, as by pounding or crushing; bray, triturate, or pulverize. 3. to oppress, torment, or crush: to grind the poor. 4. to rub harshly or gratingly; grate together; grit: to grind one's teeth. 5. to operate by turning a crank: to grind a hand organ. 6. to produce by crushing or abrasion: to grind flour. 7. Slang. to annoy; irritate; irk: It really grinds me when he's late. v.i. 8. to perform the operation of reducing to fine particles. 9. to rub harshly; grate. 10. to be or become ground. 11. to be polished or sharpened by friction. 12. Informal. to work or study laboriously (often fol. by away): He was grinding away at his algebra. 13. Slang. (in a dance) to rotate the hips in a suggestive manner. Cf. bump (def. 11). 14. grind out, a. to produce in a routine or mechanical way: to grind out magazine stories. b. to extinguish by rubbing the lighted end against a hard surface: to grind out a cigarette. n. 15. the act of grinding. 16. a grinding sound. 17. a grade of particle fineness into which a substance is ground: The coffee is available in various grinds for different coffee makers. 18. laborious, usually uninteresting work: Copying all the footnotes was a grind. 19. Informal. an excessively diligent student. 20. Slang. a dance movement in which the hips are rotated in a suggestive or erotic manner. Cf. bump (def. 22). [bef. 950; ME grinden, OE grindan; akin to Goth grinda-, L frendere] Syn. 2. crush, powder, comminute, pound. 3. persecute, plague, afflict, trouble. 4. abrade. |
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