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grinding

/ˈɡɹaɪnd.ɪŋ/ 名词 C1

中文: 研磨、磨碎、刷任务

  1. The action of grinding together or crushing into small particles; the sound of this action. (countable, uncountable) · Ominous creakings and grindings came from the innards of the machine.
  2. The action of grinding a workpiece to change its size, shape, and surface finish. (countable, uncountable) · Grinding sometimes involves tight tolerances on the order of a few microns.
  3. A form of dance in which two people rub their bodies together. (countable, uncountable) · No grinding is allowed on the dance floor at the junior prom: it isn't age-appropriate.
  4. Repeatedly performing the same quest or similar in-game activity in order to amass points or wealth. (countable, uncountable) · I really hate the grinding to get that 1% chance item.
  5. The act of doing the daily grind. (countable, informal, uncountable) · A: Hey Bob, how's it goin? B: Meh, I'm tired of grinding, man.

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When the Crane had extracted the bone and demanded the promised payment, the Wolf, grinning and grinding his teeth, exclaimed: “Why, you have surely already had a sufficient recompense, in having been permitted to draw out your head in safety from the mouth and jaws of a wolf.”
《Three Hundred Aesop's Fables》,第2页 · B2
The Ass, on the contrary, had much work to do in grinding the corn-mill and in carrying wood from the forest or burdens from the farm.
《Three Hundred Aesop's Fables》,第18页 · B2
The Goat, envying the Ass on account of his greater abundance of food, said, “How shamefully you are treated: at one time grinding in the mill, and at another carrying heavy burdens;” and he further advised him to pretend to be epileptic and fall into a ditch and so obtain rest.
《Three Hundred Aesop's Fables》,第76页 · B2
Still kneeling upon the floor he bent forward and threw all his weight and strength upon some lever, with the result that there came a long, whirling, grinding noise, ending once more in a powerful click.
《The Return of Sherlock Holmes》,第23页 · C1

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