| 释义 |
rasp
I. \ˈrasp, -aa(ə)-, -ai-, -ȧ-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English raspen, from (assumed) Middle French rasper (whence raper), of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German raspōn to scrape together, collect; akin to Old English gehrespan to tear, Old Frisian hrespa to tear, Old High German hrespan to pluck, and perhaps to Old English hreppan to touch — more at raffle
transitive verb
1. : to rub or grate with something rough or harsh
< a cataract that rasps away the rock >
specifically : to abrade with a rasp
< rasp off any irregularities or sharp corners >
2. : to grate harshly upon : serve as an irritant to
< some sounds rasp the ear >
< remarks that rasp the nerves >
3. : to utter in an irritated or grating tone
< rasp out a denial >
intransitive verb
1. : to grate or scrape something
2. : to produce or move while producing a grating sound
< the chalk rasped across the blackboard >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French raspe, from Old French, from (assumed) rasper
1. : a coarse file on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch instead of lines raised by a chisel (as on the true file) — called also rasp-cut file
2. : a machine or contrivance used for rasping or grating
3. : an act or effect of rasping : a rasping sound, sensation, or effect
< the rasp of a cricket >
specifically : an unpleasant quality imparted to the voice by excessive tightness of the muscles of the larynx and pharynx
< some voices have the hail-fellow rasp of the western plains — R.M.Hodesh >
4.
a. : a roughened surface (as in the stridulating organ of an insect)
b. : tooth, denticle
< lamprey eels … with row upon row of horny rasps in place of teeth — Robert Kane >
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: short for earlier raspis, of unknown origin
chiefly dialect : raspberry |