单词 | grinding |
释义 | grinding (once / 980 pages) n WORD FAMILY grinding: grindings+/grind: grinded, grinder, grinding, grinds/grinder: grinders USAGE EXAMPLESAs they fatten herds to meet peak demand, a slump in retail prices and a spike in feed costs are grinding up profits. Reuters(Dec 28, 2016) Around Columbia, there are about 20 sites in Richland and Lexington counties as part of the Grinding of the Greens project. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) With so-called “unregulated free markets,” the rich become super-rich, while grinding poverty spreads among working people like a heroin epidemic. Salon(Dec 25, 2016) 1n a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears) Hyper noise sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) 2n the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice Syn|Hyper abrasion, attrition, detrition friction, rubbing the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another 3n material resulting from the process of grinding vegetable grindings clogged the drain Hyper atom, corpuscle, molecule, mote, particle, speck (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything |
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