grinds

英 [ɡraɪndz]

美 [ɡraɪndz]

v.  磨碎; 碾碎; 把…磨成粉; 磨(粉); 使锋利; 磨快; 磨光
n.  令人疲劳(或厌倦)的工作; 苦差事; 刺耳的摩擦声
grind的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 磨碎；碾碎； 将…磨成粉
  If yougrinda substance such as corn, you crush it between two hard surfaces or with a machine until it becomes a fine powder.
  1. Store the peppercorns in an airtight container and grind the pepper as you need it.
     将胡椒粒储存在密封容器中，在需要的时候磨成粉。
  2. ...the odor of fresh ground coffee.
     现磨咖啡的香气
  3. Grind upmeans the same asgrind.
     grind up同grind
  4. He makes his own paint, grinding up the pigment with a little oil.
     他就着几滴油磨了些颜料，自己制油彩。
• VERB 用力挤压；用劲擦
  If yougrindsomethingintoa surface, you press and rub it hard into the surface using small circular or sideways movements.
  1. 'Well,' I said, grinding my cigarette nervously into the granite step.
     “好吧，”我边说边紧张不安地把香烟在花岗岩台阶上捻灭。
• VERB 把…磨锋利；把…磨快；把…磨光
  If yougrindsomething, you make it smooth or sharp by rubbing it against a hard surface.
  1. ...a shop where they grind knives...
     磨刀铺
  2. The tip can be ground to a much sharper edge to cut smoother and faster.
     可以把尖端磨得更锋利些，这样切割起来更顺更快。
• VERB 刺耳地缓慢移动
  If a vehiclegrindssomewhere, it moves there very slowly and noisily.
  1. Tanks had crossed the border at five fifteen and were grinding south.
     坦克队于5点15分越过边境，正轰隆隆地缓慢向南开进。
• N-SING （机器的）刺耳摩擦声
  Thegrind ofa machine is the harsh, scraping noise that it makes, usually because it is old or is working too hard.
  1. The grind of heavy machines could get on their nerves.
     重型机器发出的刺耳的摩擦声会让他们心烦意乱。
• N-SING 枯燥乏味的事；苦差事
  If you refer to routine tasks or activities asthe grind, you mean they are boring and take up a lot of time and effort.
  1. The daily grind of government is done by Her Majesty's Civil Service...
     枯燥的日常政务都由女王陛下的政府行政部门来处理。
  2. Life continues to be a terrible grind for the ordinary person.
     生活对于平头百姓而言依然是理不清的琐事。
• See also:grinding
• PHRASE 逐渐停止；慢慢瘫痪
  If a country's economy or something such as a processgrinds to a halt, it gradually becomes slower or less active until it stops.
  1. The peace process has ground to a halt while Israel struggles to form a new government.
     当以色列竭力组建新政府的时候，和平进程已经陷于停顿。
• PHRASE （车辆）声音刺耳地缓缓停下
  If a vehiclegrinds to a halt, it stops slowly and noisily.
  1. The tanks ground to a halt after a hundred yards because the fuel had been siphoned out.
     由于燃油被人抽走，这些坦克行驶了100码后又轰隆隆地缓缓停了下来。
• to havean axe to grind→ see:axe

双语例句

• He grinds the ax on the grindstone.
  他在磨刀石上磨斧头。
• But even if the oil price grinds higher, equity investors should not fret.
  但是即便油价逐步走高，股市投资者也不应感到不安。
• The mill which had worked them down, was the mill that grinds young people old;
  那碾磨着他们的是能把小伙子磨成老头儿的磨；
• He grinds coffee mill.
  他转动咖啡磨。
• She grinds out romantic stories for the women's magazines.
  她为《妇女杂志》一篇又一篇地撰写谈情说爱的小说。
• Chuck Norris grinds his coffee with his teeth and boils the water with his own rage.
  ChuckNorris用他的牙齿磨咖啡，然后用他的怒火把水煮开。
• It is machine work and the corollary equipment carving must prepare for that the industry cutter edge grinds therefore.
  因此它是机械加工及雕刻行业刃磨的必备的配套设备。
• This machine grinds out the crushed rock ready for road building.
  这台机器碾碎用来筑路的石头。
• The machine grinds all the refuse up.
  这机械能把垃圾全部磨碎。
• The machinery of government grinds exceedingly slow, and she was impatient.
  政府的机器运转太慢，她感到很不耐烦。