grit
grit 英 [grɪt] 美 [ɡrɪt]
vt. 撒沙；咬紧牙关 n. 沙粒；沙砾
进行时:gritting 过去式:gritted 过去分词:gritted 第三人称单数:grits 名词复数:grits
- Grit is a coarse, gravelly dust. If you don't rinse dried beans before you cook them, you may end up crunching grit between your teeth.
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- vt. 撒沙；咬紧牙关
- n. 沙粒；沙砾
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1. I had a piece of grit in my eye.
我眼睛里进了一粒沙子。
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2. They were spreading grit and salt on the icy roads.
他们在结冰的路上撒沙子和盐。
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3. She gritted her teeth against the pain.
她咬牙忍痛。
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4. ‘Stop it!’ he said through gritted teeth.
“住手！”他咬牙切齿地说。
- grit (n.) Old English greot "sand, dust, earth, gravel," from Proto-Germanic *greutan "tiny particles of crushed rock" (source also of Old Saxon griot, Old Frisian gret, Old Norse grjot "rock, stone," German Grieß "grit, sand"), from PIE *ghreu- "rub, grind" (source also of Lithuanian grūdas "corn, kernel," Old Church Slavonic gruda "clod"). Sense of "pluck, spirit, firmness of mind" first recorded American English, 1808.
- grit (v.) "make a grating sound," 1762, probably from grit (n.). Meaning "to grate, grind" is from 1797. Related: Gritted; gritting.
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