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- sounding harsh and unpleasant刺耳的：
her high, grating voice.
她尖锐刺耳的声音。
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- irritating令人气恼的, 令人不快的：
it has a smarty-pants tone which I found grating.
里面有一种自以为是的腔调, 让我很不舒服。
派生词
gratingly
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- a framework of parallel or crossed bars, typically preventing access through an opening while permitting communication or ventilation（覆盖在通道口防止人或异物进入的）格栅; 窗栅; 阴沟防护栅; 通风口格栅。
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- （亦作diffraction grating）Optics a set of equally spaced parallel wires, or a surface ruled with equally spaced parallel lines, used to produce spectra by diffraction【光学】衍射光栅。