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单词 grout
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grout1

/graʊt/
mass noun
a mortar or paste for filling crevices, especially the gaps between wall or floor tiles
(尤指用来填墙壁或地板砖缝隙的)灰浆; 薄胶泥。
with obj.
fill in with grout
给…填嵌灰浆:

the gaps are grouted afterwards.

缝隙后来用灰浆填满。

词源
mid 17th cent.: perhaps from obsolete grout 'sediment', (plural) 'dregs', or related to French dialect grouter 'grout a wall'.

grout2

/graʊt/
noun

grouts

archaic sediment; dregs; grounds
〈古〉沉淀物; 渣滓:

old women told fortunes in grouts of tea.

老年妇女用茶叶渣给人算命。

词源
Old English grūt, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gruit 'dregs', German Grauss 'grain, weak beer', also to GRITS and GROATS. The original meaning was 'coarse meal, groats', also denoting the infusion of malt which was fermented to make beer, hence, in Middle English, 'sediment'.
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