Grind

[graɪnd] or [ɡraɪnd]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the act of grinding to a powder or dust.

(noun.) the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground; 'a coarse grind of coffee'.

(verb.) reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; 'grind the spices in a mortar'; 'mash the garlic'.

(verb.) shape or form by grinding; 'grind lenses for glasses and cameras'.

(verb.) created by grinding; 'grind designs into the glass bowl'.

(verb.) dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced.

錄入:文斯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.

(v. t.) To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc.

(v. t.) To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.

(v. t.) To study hard for examination.

(v. i.) To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.

(v. i.) To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well.

(v. i.) To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge.

(v. i.) To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.

(v. i.) To perform hard aud distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination.

(n.) The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.

(n.) Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study.

(n.) A hard student; a dig.

杜威手打

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Triturate, pulverize, bruise, bray, CRAZE, comminute by attrition.[2]. Sharpen (by rubbing).[3]. Grate, rub together.[4]. Oppress, harass, persecute, plague, trouble, afflict, be hard upon.

手打:罗莎琳德

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Crush, pulverize,[See OPPRESS]

校對:佩德罗

解釋/意思:

v.t. to reduce to powder by friction: to wear down or sharpen by rubbing: to rub together: to oppress or harass: to set in motion by a crank.—v.i. to be moved or rubbed together: to drudge at any tedious task: to read hard:—pr.p. grīnd′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. ground.—n. hard or distasteful work: laborious study for a special examination &c.—ns. Grind′er he who or that which grinds: a double or jaw tooth that grinds food: a coach or crammer of students for examination: a hard student; Grind′ery a place where knives &c. are ground or where they are sold: shoemakers' materials; Grind′ing act or process of reducing to powder.—p.adj. harassing.—n. Grind′stone a circular revolving stone for grinding or sharpening tools.—Keep one's nose to the grindstone to subject one to severe continuous toil or punishment.—Take a grinder (Dickens) to put the left thumb to the nose and to work a visionary coffee-mill round it with the right—a gesture of contempt.

編輯:罗德里克