| 单词 | grate |
| 释义 | grate (once / 109 pages) 1vn 2nv When you grate something you rip it to shreds, like a pound of solid cheese that you shred for a recipe. The verb grate entered the English language in the fourteenth century by way of the French word grater, meaning “to scrape.” Using grate in this sense, you might grate your teeth or grate a carrot, meaning rub or pulverize. By the sixteenth century the word had taken on the additional meaning of “sound harshly” and “annoy.” This evolution makes sense if you think about it: If you’ve ever had anything really annoy you — "grate on your nerves" — it can almost seem as if a cheese grater has been applied to your nerves and is slowly ripping them to shreds. WORD FAMILYgrate: grated, grateful, grater, grates, grating+/grateful: gratefuler, gratefulest, gratefully, gratefulness, ungrateful/grater: graters/grating: gratingly, gratings/ungrateful: ungratefulest, ungratefully, ungratefulness/ungratefulness: ungratefulnesses USAGE EXAMPLESWould the fast-paced writing that initially charmed me now seem grating? Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) Fire Chief Dan Meehan says the man was working on an old furnace underneath a grate in the floor when he fell in headfirst. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) Here she uses stout, along with whole grain mustard, garlic, minced thyme, malt vinegar, grated Parmesan and soy sauce. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1v reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface grate carrots and onions grate nutmeg Hyper rub move over something with pressure 2v make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together grate one's teeth in anger Syn|Hypo|Hyper grind gnash grind together, of teeth chew, jaw, manducate, masticatechew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth champ, chompchew noisily champchafe at the bit, like horses gum, mumblegrind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty chawchew without swallowing crunch, munchchew noisily gnawbite or chew on with the teeth break up, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize break or cause to break into pieces 3v scratch repeatedly Syn|Hypo|Hyper scrape paw scrape with the paws rub move over something with pressure 4v gnaw into; make resentful or angry Syn|Hyper eat into, fret, rankle annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations 5n a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something 2Hyper noise sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) 1n a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air Syn|Hypo|Hyper grating grille, radiator grille grating that admits cooling air to car's radiator barrier a structure or object that impedes free movement 2n a frame of iron bars to hold a fire Syn|Hyper grating framework a structure supporting or containing something 3v furnish with a grate a grated fireplace Hyper furnish, provide, render, supply give something useful or necessary to |
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