Up the steep road that led from the valley, Pepin could see his older brother coming from the grist mill where he worked.
在通往山谷的陡峭山路上,佩平可以看到哥哥从他工作的磨坊里出来。
夜色温柔(上)
Dick had rung off at this point--perhaps that was a piece of ingratitude for he needed grist for the grinding activity of his mind.
迪克此时已经挂掉了——也许这是一种忘恩负义,因为他需要谷物来缓解他头脑中的磨砺活动。
美国历史
Of the output of flour and grist mills, which almost reached in value the cotton crop of 1850, the Ohio Valley furnished a rapidly growing share.
在价值几乎与 1850 年的棉花产量相当的面粉厂和磨粉厂的产量中,俄亥俄河谷提供了快速增长的份额。
飘(原版)
No, there is no Klan now. We decided that it did more harm than good because it just kept the Yankees stirred up and furnished more grist for the slander mill of his excellency, Governor Bullock.
我们肯定它弊多利少,因为那只能引起北方佬经常骚扰不休,同时给州长大人布洛克提供更多有用的资料。
米德尔马契(一)
" Everything depends on the constitution: some people make fat, some blood, and some bile — that's my view of the matter; and whatever they take is a sort of grist to the mill" .