grindstone

[美國]/'graɪn(d)stəʊn/
[英國]/'ɡraɪndston/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

n.磨石;持續辛勤工作
Word Forms

例句

A knife is sharpened on the grindstone;steel is tempered in fire.

刀在石上磨,鋼在火中煉。

Keep your nose to the grindstone and you should pass the exam easily.

刻苦學習, 你就能不費力氣地通過考試。

I will take exams in two weeks, so I'm keeping my nose to the grindstone just at the moment.

我兩星期後要考試, 因而眼下正埋頭苦讀。

There's a gaudy big grindstone down at the mill, and we'll smouch it, and carve the things on it, and file out the pens and the saw on it, too.

鋸木廠那兒有一塊又大又棒的磨刀石,我們可以去把它偷來,在上面刻東西,另一方面又可以在上面磨筆和鋸子。”

He sharpened the scythes on the grindstone, slaughtered a pig, caught and salted fish, ground barley in a water-driven gristmill and grew and stored potatoes.

他用砂輪磨鐮刀,宰豬,抓魚醃魚,在水磨坊碾大麥,種土豆收土豆。

He sharpened the knife on the grindstone.

他在磨石上磨快了刀。

The old man spent hours turning the grindstone.

老人花了幾個小時轉動磨石。

The grindstone is used to sharpen tools.

磨石用來磨快工具。

She carefully positioned the blade against the grindstone.

她小心地將刀刃放在磨石上。

The grindstone made a rhythmic grinding sound.

磨石發出有節奏的磨削聲。

The blacksmith used the grindstone to shape the metal pieces.

鐵匠用磨石來塑造金屬件。

The grindstone was worn smooth from years of use.

磨石因多年使用而磨得光滑。

She learned how to operate the grindstone from her grandfather.

她從爺爺那裏學會了如何操作磨石。

The grindstone was powered by a water wheel.

磨石由水車驅動。

The carpenter used the grindstone to sharpen his chisels.

木匠用磨石來磨快鑿子。

原聲例句

Just before the school in winter he shovels paths; in summer he turns the grindstone.

冬天開學前,農場少年先要剷除路上的堅冰積雪,夏天該找出磨石磨刀霍霍。

來源: American Original Language Arts Volume 5

Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes. Nose to the grindstone.

對的,對的,埋頭苦幹。

來源: Yes, Minister Season 1

Since then, there have been many makeovers of the famous ball, including crystals, grindstones and strobe lighting.

從那時起,這個著名的水晶球被多次改裝,包括水晶、磨石和頻閃燈。

來源: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

Then it's back to the grindstone... on Earth and on Mars.

隨後地球上的火星工作就恢復正常了。

來源: NASA Micro Classroom

This mill, with its ancient grindstones, has been producing flour for generations.

這家磨坊擁有古老的磨石,幾代人一直在生產麪粉。

來源: Uncle Rich takes you on a trip to Europe.

" They'll be keeping your noses so hard to that grindstone they'll be rubbed raw, " said Fred with satisfaction.

“它們會像一塊砂輪在使勁打磨你們的鼻子,會把鼻尖的皮都磨破。”弗雷德幸災樂禍地說。

來源: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

I had to stick to the grindstone.

我必須靠自己努力。

來源: Cat and Mouse Game Season 2

A " grindstone" is a stone that you would use to grind something.

“磨石” 是用來磨東西的石頭。

來源: Engvid Super Teacher Ronnie - Speaking

Some grim people grilled his dog on a grindstone.

他的狗被一些殘忍的人放在磨石上燒烤!

來源: Pan Pan

Jim had decided he was going to keep his nose to the grindstone.

【nose】吉姆下定決心努力工作。

來源: Langman OCLM-01 words

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