Grindstone
[ ['graindstəun] ]
出国 Abroad
n. 磨石, 砂轮, 石磨\\n[机] 磨石
📝 例句
Come on now... buck up... face the music... nose to the grindstone .
好了,好了,振作起来,鼓起勇气,埋头工作。
The teacher believed in hard work and always kept our noses to the grindstone.
老师提倡勤奋,而且也总是要我们埋头读书。
To keep one's nose to the grindstone
使之劳动不息
He sharpened the edge of his knife on a grindstone.
他在磨石上磨快了他的刀刃。
He's got to keep his nose to the grindstone to feed his six children.
他得一刻不停拼命做才能养活他那六个孩子。
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
grindstone
n
1 stone shaped like a wheel, turned on an axle, against which one holds knives or other tools to sharpen them 砂轮.
2 (idm 习语) keep one's/sb's nose to the grindstone => nose1.
🗣️ 情景例句
Britain is behind Japan in developing modern technology.
在发展现在技术方面英国落后于日本。
When Greek meets Greek, then comes the bug of war.
两雄相争，难解难分。
Though people have often laughed at stories told by seamen, it is now known that many of these 'monsters' which have at times been sighted are simply strange fish.
虽然人们常常对水手们讲的故事付诸一笑，但现在看来，人们有时看到的这些“妖怪”很多不过是些奇怪的鱼。