Pestle

['pes(ə)l] or ['pɛstl]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar.

(noun.) a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone.

(verb.) grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar; 'pestle the garlic'.

錄入:西德尼--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar.

(n.) A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape.

(n.) The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig; as, a pestle of pork.

(v. t. & i.) To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a pestle; to use a pestle.

整理:肯尼思

解釋/意思:

n. an instrument for pounding anything in a mortar.—v.t. and v.i. to pound with a pestle: to use a pestle.

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