grit

英 [ɡrɪt]

美 [ɡrɪt]

n.  沙粒; 沙砾; 细沙; 勇气; 毅力
v.  (在结冰的路上)撒沙砾，撒盐，撒沙子

过去式：gritted　现在分词：gritting　过去分词：gritted　复数：grits　第三人称单数：grits　

IELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.12145 / COCA.9008

习惯用语

v.

grit your teeth
• 咬紧牙关
  to bite your teeth tightly together
• She gritted her teeth against the pain.
  她咬牙忍痛。
• ‘Stop it!’ he said through gritted teeth.
  “住手！”他咬牙切齿地说。
• 下定决心；鼓起勇气
  to be determined to continue to do sth in a difficult or unpleasant situation
• It started to rain harder, but we gritted our teeth and carried on.
  雨开始大起来，可我们鼓起勇气继续进行。

牛津词典

noun

• 沙粒；沙砾；细沙
  very small pieces of stone or sand
  1. I had a piece of grit in my eye.
     我眼睛里进了一粒沙子。
  2. They were spreading grit and salt on the icy roads.
     他们在结冰的路上撒沙子和盐。
• 勇气；毅力
  the courage and determination that makes it possible for sb to continue doing sth difficult or unpleasant

verb

• （在结冰的路上）撒沙砾，撒盐，撒沙子
  to spread grit , salt or sand on a road that is covered with ice

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 沙粒；沙砾
  Gritis very small pieces of stone. It is often put on roads in winter to make them less slippery.
  1. He felt tiny bits of grit and sand peppering his knees.
     他感到细小的沙砾不断打在膝盖上。
• N-UNCOUNT 勇气；坚毅；果敢
  If someone hasgrit, they have the determination and courage to continue doing something even though it is very difficult.
  1. You've got to admire her grit.
     你不得不佩服她的勇气。
• 粗玉米粉，玉米渣（美国南部常食用）
  Gritsare coarsely ground grains of corn which are cooked and eaten for breakfast or as part of a meal in the southern United States.
• VERB （通常指因愤怒而）咬紧牙关，咬牙切齿
  If yougrityourteeth, you press your upper and lower teeth tightly together, usually because you are angry about something.
  1. Gritting my teeth, I did my best to stifle one or two remarks...
     我咬紧牙关，硬是吞回了几句话。
  2. 'It is clear that my client has been less than frank with me,' said his lawyer, through gritted teeth.
     “我的当事人显然没有告诉我实情，”他的律师咬牙切齿地说道。
• PHRASE 下定决心；鼓起勇气
  If yougrityourteeth, you make up your mind to carry on even if the situation is very difficult.
  1. There is going to be hardship, but we have to grit our teeth and get on with it.
     未来会很艰难，但是我们必须咬牙坚持下去。

英英释义

noun

• fortitude and determination
  1. he didn't have the guts to try it
  Synonym:backbonegutsmoxiesandgumption
• a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
  Synonym:gritrockgritstone

verb

• clench together
  1. grit one's teeth
• cover with a grit
  1. grit roads

双语例句

• You've got to admire her grit.
  你不得不佩服她的勇气。
• He has a deft touch but no grit, more Lampard than Gerrard.
  他拥有熟练的技术，却缺乏精神气，他更像是兰帕德而不是杰拉德。
• Ten years old and these two have so much grit they scare the bejesus out of even me.
  两个十岁的孩子就有这么大的勇气，他们所能承受的磨练连我都被吓到了。
• Do you have some eyewash? I think I have some grit ill my eye.
  你有眼药水吗？我觉得眼里进砂子了。
• But they also afford you the ability to make True Grit.
  但它们也让你有能力去拍摄《大地惊雷》。
• The tyres dug into the grit as he swung the car off the road.
  当他一个急转弯把车驶离马路时，轮胎陷进了沙子里。
• Get all that city grit out of your hair.
  把你头发里那些大城市的砂粒都洗掉。
• Grit from the highway made him cough
  公路上扬起的沙子呛得他咳嗽起来。
• Unless it snows and you need to grit the path.
  除非那里下雪，你需要往地上铺砂子。
• These yellow composite polishers use an extremely flexible special silicon bond and ultra-fine diamond grit.
  这些黄色的复合体抛光器具有超柔软的特殊硅胶带和超精细金刚砂。