grit
英 [grɪt]
美 [ɡrɪt]
- vt. 研磨；在…上鋪砂礫，覆以砂礫；咬緊牙關
- vi. 摩擦作聲
- n. 粗砂，砂礫砂礫，粗砂石；勇氣；決心
- n. (Grit)人名；(德)格裏特；(法)格裏
助記提示
grate嘎吱磨碎。
grit用磨料磨。
grind磨碎,碾碎。
2. grate => grit.
3. grate, grind => grit.
4. The sense 'determination, resolve', presumably as a metaphorical extension of grit meaning 'hard sandstone'.
5. gravel <===> grit.
7. 電影：大地驚雷 True Grit (又名: 真實的勇氣(台) / 離奇複仇事件(港) / 真正的勇敢).
8. grit→trig(a. 整潔的)→寢食裏整潔得不見一顆沙粒.
中文詞源
grit 沙粒，鹽粒來自PIE*ghrei, 刮，擦，磨，詞源同gravel, grind. 指沙粒，鹽粒。
英文詞源
- grit
- grit: [OE] Etymologically, grit is ‘something produced by pounding’. Prehistoric Indo- European *ghrēu- denoted ‘rub, pound, crush’, and from it came Germanic *greutam ‘tiny particles of crushed or pounded rock’, hence ‘sand, gravel’. Its modern descendants include English grit and German griess ‘gravel, grit, coarse sand’, and it was also used in the formation of the Old English word for ‘pearl’, meregrot, literally ‘sea-pebble’, an alteration of Latin margarīta ‘pearl’. Groats ‘husked grain’ [OE] comes from the same source.
The sense ‘determination, resolve’ originated in the USA in the early 19th century, presumably as a metaphorical extension of grit meaning ‘hard sandstone’ (as in millstone grit).
=> groats - grit (n.)
- Old English greot "sand, dust, earth, gravel," from Proto-Germanic *greutan "tiny particles of crushed rock" (cognates: Old Saxon griot, Old Frisian gret, Old Norse grjot "rock, stone," German Grieß "grit, sand"), from PIE *ghreu- "rub, grind" (cognates: Lithuanian grudas "corn, kernel," Old Church Slavonic gruda "clod"). Sense of "pluck, spirit, firmness of mind" first recorded American English, 1808.
If he hadn't a had the clear grit in him, and showed teeth and claws, they'd a nullified him so, you wouldn't have see'd a grease spot of him no more. [Thomas Chandler Haliburton, "Sam Slick in England," 1843]
- grit (v.)
- "make a grating sound," 1762, probably from grit (n.). Meaning "to grate, grind" is from 1797. Related: Gritted; gritting.
雙語例句
- 1. You'll never quite get rid of every last bit of grit.
- 無法把所有的沙礫都清除幹淨。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I pretended to rub a fleck of grit from one eye.
- 我假裝拭去一隻眼睛裏的沙粒。
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- 3. He felt tiny bits of grit and sand peppering his knees.
- 他感到細小的沙礫不斷打在膝蓋上。
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- 4. You've got to admire her grit.
- 你不得不佩服她的勇氣。
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- 5. Grit from the highway made him cough.
- 公路上揚起的沙子嗆得他咳嗽起來。
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