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VERB
磨碎；碾碎； 將…磨成粉
If you grind a substance such as corn, you crush it between two hard surfaces or with a machine until it becomes a fine powder.
例句
Store the peppercorns in an airtight container and grind the pepper as you need it.
將胡椒粒儲存在密封容器中，在需要的時候磨成粉。
...the odor of fresh ground coffee.
現磨咖啡的香氣
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VERB
用力擠壓；用勁擦
If you grind something into a surface, you press and rub it hard into the surface using small circular or sideways movements.
例句
'Well,' I said, grinding my cigarette nervously into the granite step.
“好吧，”我邊說邊緊張不安地把香煙在花崗巖臺階上捻滅。
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VERB
把…磨鋒利；把…磨快；把…磨光
If you grind something, you make it smooth or sharp by rubbing it against a hard surface.
例句
...a shop where they grind knives...
磨刀鋪
The tip can be ground to a much sharper edge to cut smoother and faster.
可以把尖端磨得更鋒利些，這樣切割起來更順更快。
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VERB
刺耳地緩慢移動
If a vehicle grinds somewhere, it moves there very slowly and noisily.
例句
Tanks had crossed the border at five fifteen and were grinding south.
坦克隊于5點15分越過邊境，正轟隆隆地緩慢向南開進。
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N-SING
（機器的）刺耳摩擦聲
The grind of a machine is the harsh, scraping noise that it makes, usually because it is old or is working too hard.
例句
The grind of heavy machines could get on their nerves.
重型機器發出的刺耳的摩擦聲會讓他們心煩意亂。
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N-SING
枯燥乏味的事；苦差事
If you refer to routine tasks or activities as the grind, you mean they are boring and take up a lot of time and effort.
例句
The daily grind of government is done by Her Majesty's Civil Service...
枯燥的日常政務都由女王陛下的政府行政部門來處理。
Life continues to be a terrible grind for the ordinary person.
生活對于平頭百姓而言依然是理不清的瑣事。
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PHRASE
逐漸停止；慢慢癱瘓
If a country's economy or something such as a process grinds to a halt, it gradually becomes slower or less active until it stops.
例句
The peace process has ground to a halt while Israel struggles to form a new government.
當以色列竭力組建新政府的時候，和平進程已經陷于停頓。
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PHRASE
（車輛）聲音刺耳地緩緩停下
If a vehicle grinds to a halt, it stops slowly and noisily.
例句
The tanks ground to a halt after a hundred yards because the fuel had been siphoned out.
由于燃油被人抽走，這些坦克行駛了100碼后又轟隆隆地緩緩停了下來。