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NOUN. 名词1.?[SING 单数型名词] （机器因年久或过度使用而发出的）刺耳的磨擦声The grind of a machine is the harsh, scraping noise that it makes, usually because it is old or is working too hard. 双语例句例： The grind of heavy machines could get on their nerves. 重型机器发出的刺耳的磨擦声会让他们心烦意乱。 2.?[SING 单数型名词] 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. 双语例句例： Life continues to be a terrible grind for the ordinary person. 对于普通人来说，生活一直是个糟糕的苦差事。
PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词1.?[PHRASAL 短语] 折磨If you say that someone grinds you down, you mean that they treat you very harshly and cruelly, reducing your confidence or your will to resist them. 双语例句例： 'You see,' said Hughes, 'there's people who want to humiliate you and grind you down.' “你看，” 休斯说，“有人想羞辱你、折磨你。” 1.?[PHRASAL 短语] 磨碎（同）grind）Grind up means the same as grind. 双语例句例： He makes his own paint, grinding up the pigment with a little oil. 他把色料块加少许油磨碎，自己制成绘画颜料。
PHRASE. 习语1.?磨牙If you grind your teeth, you rub your upper and lower teeth together as though you are chewing something. 1.?（经济或进程等）逐渐停止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. 双语例句例： The peace process has ground to a halt while Israel struggles to form a new government. 当以色列竭力建立新政府时，和平进程已逐渐停止。 2.?（机动车）轰隆隆地慢慢停下If a vehicle grinds to a halt, it stops slowly and noisily. 双语例句例： The tanks ground to a halt after a hundred yards because the fuel had been siphoned out. 由于燃料被抽走，坦克在行驶了100码后轰隆隆地缓慢停了下来。
VERB. 动词grinds , grinding , ground 1.?[T 及物动词] 把…磨碎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. 双语例句例： 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里，需要的时候将其磨成粉。 2.?[T 及物动词] 碾压If you grind something into a surface, you press and rub it hard into the surface using small circular or sideways movements. 双语例句例： 'Well,' I said, grinding my cigarette nervously into the granite step. “好吧，”我边说边紧张地把香烟在花岗岩台阶上捻灭。 3.?[T 及物动词] 把…磨光 , 把…磨锋利If you grind something, you make it smooth or sharp by rubbing it against a hard surface. 双语例句例： It was beyond my ability to grind a blade this broad. 这么宽的刀刃我磨不锋利。 4.?[I 不及物动词] （机动车）隆隆作响地缓慢移动If a vehicle grinds somewhere, it moves there very slowly and noisily. 双语例句例： Tanks had crossed the border at five fifteen and were grinding south. 坦克队于5点15分穿过边界，隆隆地缓慢向南开去。
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