詞源同grit, grind. 指磨的碎麥。常用於短語all grist to sb’s mill, 對某人有用之物。
英文詞源
grist
grist: see grind
grist (n.)
Old English grist "action of grinding; grain to be ground," perhaps related to grindan "to grind" (see grind (v.)), though OED calls this connection "difficult." Meaning "wheat which is to be ground" is early 15c., as is the figurative extension from this sense.
雙語例句
1. A local filename is optionally qualified with grist, a string value used to assure uniqueness.
一個本地的文件名可以帶有grist, 即一個用於確保唯一性的字符串值.
來自互聯網
2. All is grist that comes to his mill.
〔諺語〕到他磨裏的東西全會變成粉,他善於利用一切事物.
來自辭典例句
3. This item, commonplace enough in the usual grist of summer accidents, interested Clyde only slightly.
這段新聞在夏天經常發生的事故當中, 是一件很普通的新聞, 克萊德並不怎麽注意.
來自辭典例句
4. I never refuse odd jobs to supplement my income it's all grist to the mill.
我為增加收入,對於做零活總是來者不拒--多多益善.
來自辭典例句
5. McCormick began to make his famous reaper in a grist mill.