| 释义 |
grit/ɡrit/ n. & v.●n. 1 particles of stone or sand, esp. as causing discomfort, clogging machinery, etc. (尤指可引起不适感或令机器等阻塞的)小石子(沙砾等) 2 coarse sandstone 粗沙岩 3 colloq. pluck, endurance; strength of character [口]勇气；毅力 ●v. (gritted, gritting) 1 tr. spread grit on (icy roads etc.) 撒沙砾于(结冰的路面上等) 2 tr. clench (the teeth) 咬(牙) 3 intr. make or move with a grating sound 发出轧轧声；轧轧地移动 □ gritter n.□ gritty adj. (grittier, grittiest)□ grittily adv.□ grittiness n.[Old English grēot from Germanic: related to GROATS] |