| 单词 | grind |
| 释义 | grind (graɪnd ) Word forms: grinds , grinding , ground 1. verb If you grind a substance such as corn, you crush it between two hard surfaces or with a machine until it becomes a fine powder. Store the peppercorns in an airtight container and grind the pepper as you need it. [VERB noun] ...the odor of fresh ground coffee. [VERB-ed] Grind up means the same as grind. He makes his own paint, grinding up the pigment with a little oil. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. verb If you grind something into a surface, you press and rub it hard into the surface using small circular or sideways movements. 'Well,' I said, grinding my cigarette nervously into the granite step. [VERB noun preposition] grind your teeth phrase If you grind your teeth, you rub your upper and lower teeth together as though you are chewing something. If you know you're grinding your teeth, particularly at night, see your dentist. [VERB noun] 3. verb If you grind something, you make it smooth or sharp by rubbing it against a hard surface. ...a shop where they grind knives. [VERB noun] The tip can be ground to a much sharper edge to cut smoother and faster. [be VERB-ed + to] Synonyms: sharpen, file, polish, sand 4. verb If a vehicle grinds somewhere, it moves there very slowly and noisily. Tanks had crossed the border at five fifteen and were grinding south. [VERB adverb/preposition] 5. singular noun The grind of a machine is the harsh, scraping noise that it makes, usually because it is old or is working too hard. The grind of heavy machines could get on their nerves. [+ of] 6. singular noun [oft adjective NOUN] If you refer to routine tasks or activities as the grind, you mean they are boring and take up a lot of time and effort. [informal, disapproval] The daily grind of government is done by Her Majesty's Civil Service. Life continues to be a terrible grind for the ordinary person. Synonyms: hard work [informal], labour, effort, task 7. See also grinding 8. grind to a halt phrase If a country's economy or something such as a process grinds to a halt, it gradually becomes slower or less active until it stops. The peace process has ground to a halt. Synonyms: stop, halt, stall 9. grind to a halt phrase If a vehicle grinds to a halt, it stops slowly and noisily. The tanks ground to a halt after a hundred yards because the fuel had been siphoned out. 10. to have an axe to grind phrase If someone has an axe to grind, they are doing something for selfish reasons. [informal, disapproval] He seems like a decent bloke and I've got no axe to grind with him. [+ with] 11. to come to a grinding halt phrase If you say that something comes to a grinding halt, you are emphasizing that it stops very suddenly, especially before it was meant to. [emphasis] A car will come to a grinding halt if you put water in the petrol tank. Phrasal verbs: grind down phrasal verb If you say that someone grinds you down, you mean that they treat you very harshly and cruelly, reducing your confidence or your will to resist them. There are people who want to humiliate you and grind you down. [VERB noun PARTICLE] grind on phrasal verb If you say that something grinds on, you disapprove of the fact that it continues to happen in the same way for a long time. [disapproval] The war has been grinding on for years. [VERB PARTICLE] grind out phrasal verb To grind something out means to produce it in a boring or routine manner. [informal] He had been forced into the business of grinding out novels to support his family. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] grind up grind [sense 1] Idioms: have an axe to grind to have particular attitudes and prejudices about something, often for selfish reasons They believed cases should be referred by an independent agency which does not have an axe to grind. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers grind your teeth to be very angry or frustrated about something, but feel that you cannot say or do anything about it Lucy appeared to think this over for a moment and then walked away, grinding her teeth in frustration. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: grind pepper Put the garlic, ginger and star anise inside the bird, sit it on the onions and grind pepper all over (no salt because of the soy sauce). Times, Sunday Times Add a squeeze of lemon, pinch salt and grind pepper. Times, Sunday Times Stir all these ingredients into the onions, add a generous pinch salt and several grinds pepper. Times, Sunday Times Place in a pan with whole beans, sugar, ½ tsp salt and several grinds pepper. Times, Sunday Times Place wild garlic leaves, toasted pine kernels and 1 tbsp olive oil, generous pinch salt and few grinds pepper in the bowl of a food processor. Times, Sunday Times Future and past grind together like tectonic plates. Times, Sunday Times Grind together all the spice-mix ingredients and store in a sterilised jar. Times, Sunday Times Grind together the cumin, coriander and allspice. Times, Sunday Times For the nasi goreng spice paste, put all the ingredients into a mini food processor with 1 tsp salt and grind together into a smooth paste. Times, Sunday Times While that's happening, peel and chop the onion, bundle the herbs and zest with string and grind together (in a food processor) the almonds, saffron and broken chocolate. Times, Sunday Times Any recovery will be slow and protracted, a long grind. Times, Sunday Times For a match that before kick- off had the look of a long grind amid a swirling wind, things got lively quickly. The Sun Over the long grind of a title race, should you trust the team whose goalscorer can't miss, or the one whose finisher keeps leaving big chances out there? Times,Sunday Times I miss the boring bits, the long grind, the days when nothing much happens. Times, Sunday Times The fervor of the early days in the reorganized militias wore off in the long grind of an eight-year war. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He said that there was little chance of a recovery above $100 for the foreseeable future but forecast a slow grind higher over time. Times, Sunday Times For now, that slow grind will continue. Times, Sunday Times The hit would not come overnight, but through a slow grinding down of the real value of people's pensions and investments. Times,Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 磨, 刺耳的磨擦声机器因年久或过度使用而发出的 Japanese: 挽く, きしむ音 |
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