| 单词 | grind |
| 释义 | grind v. & n. --v (past and past part. ground) 1. a tr. reduce to small particles or powder by crushing esp. by passing through a mill. b intr. (of a mill, machine, etc.) move with a crushing action. 2. a tr. reduce, sharpen, or smooth by friction. b tr. & intr. rub or rub together gratingly (grind one's teeth). 3. tr. (often foll. by down) oppress; harass with exactions (grinding poverty). 4. intr. a (often foll. by away) work or study hard. b (foll. by out) produce with effort (grinding out verses). c (foll. by on) (of a sound) continue gratingly or monotonously. 5. tr. turn the handle of e.g. a coffee-mill, barrel-organ, etc. 6. intr. sl. (of a dancer) rotate the hips. 7. intr. coarse sl. have sexual intercourse. --n 1. the act or an instance of grinding. 2. colloq. hard dull work; a laborious task (the daily grind). 3. the size of ground particles. 4. sl. a dancer's rotary movement of the hips. 5. coarse sl. an act of sexual intercourse. Phrases and idioms grind to a halt stop laboriously. ground glass 1. glass made non-transparent by grinding etc. 2. glass ground to a powder. Derivatives grindingly adv. Etymology: OE grindan, of unkn. orig. |
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