grate
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
The grate stopped the sheep from escaping from their field.
- 2.
A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
- 3.
(historical)A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.
to grate a window
- 2.
(transitive)(transitive, cooking) To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.
I need to grate the cheese before the potato is cooked.
- 3.
(intransitive)To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something.
1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part 3 Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling The gate suddenly grated. It was Lestiboudois; he came to fetch his spade, that he had forgotten. He recognised Justin climbing over the wall, and at last knew who was the culprit who stole his potatoes.
Listening to his teeth grate all day long drives me mad.
The chalk grated against the board.
Đồng nghĩa: scrape
- 4.
(broadly, intransitive)(by extension, intransitive) To get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy.
She’s nice enough, but she can begin to grate if there is no-one else to talk to.
- 5.
(broadly, transitive)(by extension, transitive) To annoy.
2015, Art Levy in Florida Trend, Roland Martin is a Florida 'Icon' one of the issues that's kind of grating me a little bit is weed control.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(obsolete)Serving to gratify; agreeable.
- 2.
(alt of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of great.
c. 1815, Mary Woody, A true account of Nayomy Wise He promisd her a grate reward
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From Middle English grate, from a crāta, from a Latin word for a hurdle; or grata, from Latin cratis.