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单词 gratingly
释义
gratinggrating2 adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a grating personality
  • a grating voice
  • The machine began to spin faster and faster, with the grating screech of metal on metal.
  • We could hear a group of tourists, talking in loud grating voices.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Calls a short high-pitched whistle and a harsh grating note.
  • Rincewind tried to shut his ears to the grating voice beside him.
  • The gangplank that linked the slipway to the boat shifted to and fro with a grating sound.
  • The luminance profile of a typical grating pattern is shown in Figure 4.3.
  • The statue slowly slithered off his body; a grating noise as it hit the floor.
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Longman Language Activatoran unpleasant sound
a sound that is harsh is unpleasant, rough, and usually loud: · Cheap loudspeakers often produce a harsh metallic tone.· "You'll do what I tell you," he said, his voice harsh in her ear.· The wind made a harsh wailing sound in the trees.
a sound that is grating is unpleasant, and is often produced by two rough things rubbing together: · The machine began to spin faster and faster, with the grating screech of metal on metal.· We could hear a group of tourists, talking in loud grating voices.
a sickening sound is very unpleasant and makes you feel physically sick - use this especially about the sound when someone is badly hurt or something is badly damaged: · His head hit the door with a sickening thud.· There was a sickening crash and the sound of broken glass as the two trains collided.
a grating sound is hard and unpleasant:  a harsh grating voicegratingly adverb
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