单词 | grind |
释义 | grind grind // noun, verb
■ noun [sing.]
an activity, especially work, that is tiring or boring and takes a lot of time: the daily grind of work-phone calls, emails, meetings Volunteering stops work from becoming a grind.
■ verb (ground, ground //)
IDIOMS
grind to a halt; come to a grinding halt to go slower gradually and then stop completely: Production ground to a halt during the strike. If consumers stop spending, the economy will come to a grinding halt.
PHRASAL VERBS
grind sth out to produce sth in large quantities in an automatic way and without thinking about it: The computer ground out large quantities of numbers. Computer programs allow us to grind out the stuff by the kilo. |
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