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grind

[graind]

v.磨, 壓迫, 碾碎, 磨得吱吱響, 逐漸停頓 
n.苦事, 磨, 碾 
n. 無聊的工作

例句與用法：

The old engine ground and shuddered.

那台陳舊的發動機抖動著發出摩擦的聲音。

It won't grind down any finer than this.

不能磨得比這個再細了。

The strike brought industry grinding to a halt.

由於罷工生產逐漸停頓下來。

The jukebox ground out an incessant stream of pop music.

自動電唱機沒完沒了地放送流行樂曲。

Some people grind their teeth while they are asleep.

有些人睡覺時磨牙齒。

We grind up the wheat to make flour.

我們把小麥磨成麵粉。

People in this area were ground down by hunger and poverty.

這個地區的人們受著飢餓和貧窮的折磨。

詞形變化：

副詞: grindingly | 動詞過去式: ground | 動詞過去分詞: ground | 動詞現在分詞: grinding | 動詞第三人稱單數: grinds |

英文解釋:

名詞 grind:

an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively

同義詞：swot, nerd, wonk, dweeb

hard monotonous routine work

同義詞：drudgery, plodding, donkeywork

the act of grinding to a powder or dust

同義詞：mill, pulverization, pulverisation

動詞 grind:

press or grind with a crunching noise

同義詞：crunch, cranch, craunch

make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together

同義詞：grate

reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

同義詞：mash, crunch, bray, comminute

work hard

同義詞：labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, drudge, dig, moil

dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced

created by grinding

shape or form by grinding

以上來源於大辭典