剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - grind collapse

grind
/graɪnd/
verb [T] (ground, ground)
MAKE SMALLER 使变小
* to make something into small pieces or a powder by pressing between hard surfaces
碾碎；磨碎；把…磨成粉

1. to grind coffee
磨咖啡豆

2. Shall I grind a little black pepper over your pizza?
要不要我磨一点黑胡椒粉给你撒在比萨饼上？

3. They grind the grain into flour (= make flour by crushing grain) between two large stones.
他们把谷粒放在两块大石头之间磨成粉。

/graɪnd/
verb [T] (ground, ground)
RUB 摩擦
* to rub something against a hard surface, in order to make it sharper or smoother
磨；把…磨锋利；把…磨光

1. She has a set of chef's knives which she grinds every week.
她有一套厨房用刀具，每个星期都把它们磨一次。

2. He ground down the sharp metal edges to make them smooth.
他把尖利的金属边缘打磨平。

3. The car engine was making a strange grinding noise.
汽车引擎发出一种奇怪的摩擦声音。
See also# grindstone #
grind your teeth
* to make a noise by rubbing your teeth together
把牙齿咬得嘎嘎响；出声地磨牙

1. She grinds her teeth in her sleep.
她睡觉磨牙。

/graɪnd/
verb [T] (ground, ground)
grind the faces of the poor UK literary
* Someone who grinds the faces of the poor, treats poor people very badly, often to get money from them.
欺压平民，搜刮民财

/graɪnd/
verb [T] (ground, ground)
grind to a halt/standstill
* to stop slowly
慢慢停下来；逐渐陷入停顿

1. The car juddered and ground to a halt right in the middle of the road.
汽车剧烈震动了一下， 然后慢慢停在马路正中间。

2. figurative If we don't do something soon, the industry could grind to a halt (= stop operating).
如果我们不马上采取措施，工业可能会陷入瘫痪。

/graɪnd/
verb [T] (ground, ground)
phrasal verb grind sb down
* to treat someone so badly for such a long time that they are no longer able to fight back
长期欺压（某人），长时间虐待（某人），长久折磨（某人）（使其失去反抗能力）

1. Ground down by years of abuse, she did not have the confidence to leave him.
多年来所受的虐待已经使她丧失了逃离他魔爪的信心。

/graɪnd/
verb [T] (ground, ground)
phrasal verb grind sth into sth
* to press something hard into something else using a twisting movement
将…用力挤压进…

1. Sara angrily ground her cigarette into the ashtray.
萨拉愤怒地把手中的香烟按在烟灰缸里捻灭。

/graɪnd/
verb [T] (ground, ground)
phrasal verb [M] grind sth out
* to produce the same thing, especially a boring thing, again and again
重复地做，不断重复制造（尤指令人厌烦的事物）

1. The orchestra ground out the same tunes it has been playing for the last twenty years.
这个管弦乐队演奏的曲子是它过去20年一直重复演奏的那老一套。

/graɪnd/
noun [S] informal
* a difficult or boring activity which needs a lot of effort
令人厌倦的苦事；苦差事

1. Having to type up my handwritten work was a real grind.
还要把手写的作业用打字机打出来，这让我叫苦连天。

2. The daily grind of looking after three children was wearing her down.
每天照顾三个孩子，这个苦差事快把她累垮了。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - grind collapse

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1.VERB 动词磨碎；碾碎； 将…磨成粉 If you grind a substance such as corn, you crush it between two hard surfaces or with a machine until it becomes a fine powder.

【语法信息】：V n

【语法信息】：V-ed

【语法信息】：V P n (not pron)

【语法信息】：Also V n P

  • 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。

  • ...the odor of fresh ground coffee.

    现磨咖啡的香气

  • Grind up means the same as grind .grind up同grind

    • 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。

2.VERB 动词用力挤压；用劲擦 If you grind something into a surface, you press and rub it hard into the surface using small circular or sideways movements.

【语法信息】：V n prep

【语法信息】：V n

【搭配模式】：V inflects

  • '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。

  • If you grind your teeth, you rub your upper and lower teeth together as though you are chewing something.磨牙

    • If you know you're grinding your teeth, particularly at night, see your dentist.

      如果你知道自己在磨牙，尤其是在夜间，你应该去看看牙医。

3.VERB 动词把…磨锋利；把…磨快；把…磨光 If you grind something, you make it smooth or sharp by rubbing it against a hard surface.

【语法信息】：V n

【语法信息】：be V-ed to n

【语法信息】：Also V n to n

  • ...a shop where they grind knives...

    磨刀铺

  • 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。

4.VERB 动词刺耳地缓慢移动 If a vehicle grinds somewhere, it moves there very slowly and noisily.

【语法信息】：V adv/prep

  • 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。

5.N-SING 单数名词（机器的）刺耳摩擦声 The grind of a machine is the harsh, scraping noise that it makes, usually because it is old or is working too hard.

【搭配模式】：oft N of n

  • 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。

6.N-SING 单数名词枯燥乏味的事；苦差事 If you refer to routine tasks or activities as the grind, you mean they are boring and take up a lot of time and effort.

【搭配模式】：oft adj N

【语用信息】：disapproval

【STYLE标签】：INFORMAL 非正式

  • 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。

  • 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。

7.See also:grinding;
    8.PHRASE 短语逐渐停止；慢慢瘫痪 If a country's economy or something such as a process grinds to a halt, it gradually becomes slower or less active until it stops.

    【搭配模式】：V inflects

    • 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。

    9.PHRASE 短语（车辆）声音刺耳地缓缓停下 If a vehicle grinds to a halt, it stops slowly and noisily.

    【搭配模式】：V inflects

    • 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。

    10. to have an axe to grind→see: axe; to come to a grinding halt→see: grinding;
      相关词组：
      grind down grind on grind out grind up

      牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - grind collapse

      grind
      grind / ^raind / verb(ground, ground / ^raund / )
      FOOD / FLOUR / COFFEE 食物；麪粉；咖啡
      1. [VN] ~ sth (down / up) | ~ sth (to / into sth) to break or crush sth into very small pieces between ten hard surfaces or using a special machine
         磨碎；碾碎；把…磨成粉:
         to grind coffee / corn
         将咖啡/谷粒磨成粉
      ⇨ see also ground adj. (4)
      2. [VN] to produce sth such as flour by crushing
         磨(粉):
         The flour is ground using traditional methods.
         这麪粉是用传统方法磨制而成。
      3. [VN] (NAmE) = mince v. (1)
      MAKE SHARP / SMOOTH 使锋利/光滑
      4. [VN] to make sth sharp or smooth by rubbing it against a hard surface
         使锋利；磨快；磨光:
         a special stone for grinding knives
         磨刀用的石头
      PRESS INTO SURFACE 挤压进表层
      5. [VN] ~ sth into sth | ~ sth in to press or rub sth into a surface
         用力挤压,用力擦(入表层):
         He ground his cigarette into the ashtray.
         他把香烟按在烟灰缸里捻灭。
         The dirt on her hands was ground in.
         她手上的泥渍住了。
      RUB TOGETHER 磨擦
      6. to rub together, or to make hard objects rub together, often producing an unpleasant noise
         磨擦(发出刺耳声):
        ▪ [V]
         Parts of the machine were grinding together noisily.
         机器零件摩擦发出刺耳的声音。
        ▪ [VN]
         She grinds her teeth when she is asleep.
         她睡觉时磨牙。
         He ground the gears on the car.
         他把汽车排挡踩得嘎嘎作响。
      MACHINE 机器
      7. [VN] to turn the handle of a machine that grinds sth
         摇动手柄(操纵机器):
         to grind a pepper mill
         摇动胡椒磨
       IDIOMS 
      ▪ bring sth to a grinding halt
         to make sth gradually go slower until it stops completely
         使渐渐停下来
      ▪ grind to a 'halt | come to a grinding 'halt
         to go slower gradually and then stop completely
         慢慢停下来:
         Production ground to a halt during the strike.
         罢工期间生产渐渐陷入瘫痪。
      ⇨ more at axe n.
       PHRASAL VERBS 
      ▪ 7grind sb ↔ 'down
         to treat sb in a cruel unpleasant way over a long period of time, so that they become very unhappy
         (长时间)虐待,欺压,折磨(某人):
         Don't let them grind you down.
         别让他们欺压你。
         Years of oppression had ground the people down.
         人民年复一年地遭受着压迫。
      ▪ 7grind 'on
         to continue for a long time, when this is unpleasant
         令人厌烦地继续下去:
         The argument ground on for almost ten years.
         这场争论拖拖拉拉持续了近两年。
      ▪ 7grind sth ↔ 'out
         to produce sth in large quantities, often sth that is not good or interesting
         大量生产(尤指粗制滥造)
         SYN  churn out :
         She grinds out romantic novels at the rate of nine a year.
         她以一年五部的速度胡乱拼凑低劣的爱情小说。 nounBORING ACTIVITY 乏味的活动
      1. [sing.] (informal) an activity that is tiring or boring and takes a lot of time
         令人疲劳(或厌倦)的工作；苦差事:
         the daily grind of family life
         家庭生活中繁重的家务劳动
         It's a long grind to the top of that particular profession.
         爬到那种行业的最高位置要经过漫长的艰苦奋斗。
      OF MACHINES 机器
      2. [sing.] the unpleasant noise made by machines
         刺耳的摩擦声
      SWOT 刻苦用功的人
      3. [C] (US, informal) = swot n.

      牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - grind collapse

      grind verb

      • ADVERB coarsely | finely The cement need not be finely ground. | down, up Grind the seeds down to a powder.

      • PREPOSITION into machinery for ~ing wheat into flour | to The coffee is ground to a fine powder.

      • PHRASES freshly ground freshly ground black pepper

      Grind is used with these nouns as the subject: mill
      Grind is used with these nouns as the object: barley, bean, coffee, corn, gear, meat, pepper, tooth, wheat

      The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - grind collapse

      grind
       In addition to the idiom beginning with grind, also see ax to grind; mills of the gods grind slowly.

      新牛津英语同义词词典 - grind collapse

      grind

      verb
      1 grind the praline into a fine powder
      CRUSH , pound, pulverize, mill, powder, granulate, grate, mince, shred, crumble, pestle, mash, smash, press, fragment, kibble; technical triturate, comminute; archaic levigate, bray.

      2 a knife being ground on a wheel
      SHARPEN , whet, make sharp/sharper, hone, file, strop; smooth, polish, sand, sandpaper.

      3 one tectonic plate grinds against another
      RUB , grate, scrape, rasp.

      4 Mitch ground his teeth in fury
      GNASH , grit.

      5 a car grinding up the other side of the hill
      MOVE LABORIOUSLY , strain, struggle, drag oneself, fight one's way, labour; putter, chug.
      grind away he began to grind away in a job as a research assistant
      LABOUR , toil, slave (away), drudge, plod away, sweat, hammer away, work one's fingers to the bone, work like a Trojan, work like a dog, work like a slave, work day and night, keep one's nose to the grindstone; persevere, persist, keep at it, stick with it; informal slog, plug away, beaver away, peg away, put one's back into something, work one's socks off, sweat blood, kill oneself, work one's guts out; Brit. informal graft, get one's head down; archaic travail, moil.
      grind someone down I've never let male colleagues grind me down
      OPPRESS , persecute, tyrannize, suppress; afflict, maltreat, ill-treat, scourge; torture, torment, molest, harass, harry.
      grind on the meeting ground on
      DRAG ON , go on and on, plod on, pass slowly, move slowly, creep along, limp along, crawl, hang heavy, go at a snail's pace, wear on, go on too long;
      CONTINUE , carry on, go on, keep on, keep going, proceed.
      -opposite(s): RACE BY, FLY.
      grind something out a hack grinding out newspaper copy
      PRODUCE , generate, crank out, turn out; informal churn out, trot out, bang out.

      noun
      teaching could be a grind | the daily grind
      CHORE , slog, travail;
      DRUDGERY , toil, hard work, donkey work, labour, slavery, exertion; informal fag, sweat.

      词源记忆 - grind collapse

      grind 磨碎
      来自PIE→*ghrendh, 磨，来自*ghreu 的鼻音形式，词源同grit, grist.