grind
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they grind | |
| he / she / it grinds | |
| past simple ground | |
| past participle ground | |
| -ing form grinding |
- [transitive] grind something (down/up) | grind something (to/into something)
to break or press something into very small pieces between two hard surfaces or using a special machine 磨碎；碾碎；把…磨成粉 to grind coffee/corn 将咖啡／谷粒磨成粉 The animal has teeth that grind its food into a pulp. 这种动物有把食物磨成浆的牙齿。
Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatingc1The cement need not be finely ground. 水泥不需要磨得很细。 The coffee is ground to a fine powder. 咖啡磨成了细细的咖啡粉。 freshly ground black pepper 刚磨好的黑胡椒 machinery for grinding wheat into flour 磨面机
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- coarsely
- finely
- down
- …
- into
- to
- freshly ground
- [transitive] grind something
to produce something such as flour by grinding 磨（粉） Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- coarsely
- finely
- down
- …
- into
- to
- freshly ground
- (North American English) (also mince British and North American English)[transitive] grind something
to cut food, especially meat, into very small pieces using a special machine (called a mincer) 磨碎；碾碎；把…磨成粉 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- coarsely
- finely
- down
- …
- into
- to
- freshly ground
- [transitive] grind something
to make something sharp or smooth by rubbing it against a hard surface 使锋利；磨快；磨光 a special stone for grinding knives 专门磨刀用的石头
- [transitive]
to press or rub something into a surface 用力挤压，用力擦（入表层） - [intransitive, transitive]
to rub together, or to make hard objects rub together, often producing an unpleasant noise 摩擦（发出刺耳声） - [transitive] grind something
to turn the handle of a machine that grinds something 摇动手柄（操纵机器） to grind a pepper mill 摇动胡椒磨
food/flour/coffee食物；面粉；咖啡
make sharp/smooth使锋利／光滑
press into surface挤压进表层
rub together摩擦
machine机器
Word OriginOld English grindan, probably of Germanic origin. Although no cognates are known, it may be distantly related to Latin frendere ‘rub away, gnash’.
Idioms
bring something to a grinding halt
to make something gradually go slower until it stops completely 使渐渐停下来 Roadworks brought traffic to a grinding halt. 道路工程使交通陷入严重停顿。
grind to a halt | come to a grinding halt
have an axe to grind
to have private reasons for being involved in something or for arguing for a particular cause 有私心；有个人打算