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