英:[grɪst]
美:[ɡrɪst]
英:[grɪst]
美:[ɡrɪst]
noun
grain or a batch of grain for grinding
the product obtained from a grist of grain including the flour or meal and the grain offals
a required or usual amount
matter of interest or value forming the basis of a story or analysis
something turned to advantage or use—used especially in the phrase grist for one's mill
古英语 grist “磨碎的行为; 待磨碎的谷物”,可能与 grindan “磨碎”有关(参见 grind(v.)),尽管 OED 称这种联系“困难”。意思是“待磨碎的小麦”早在15世纪就出现了,这个意义的引申也是在那时。
Middle English, from Old English grīst; akin to Old English grindan to grind
The first known use of grist was before the 12th century
groanverb
to utter a deep moan of pain, grief, or irritation
to make a harsh sound under strain
the chair groaned under my weight
groanverb
to utter a deep moan of pain, grief, or irritation
to make a harsh sound under strain
the chair groaned under my weight
groanverb
to utter a deep moan of pain, grief, or irritation
to make a harsh sound under strain
the chair groaned under my weight
grizzly1 of 2adjective
grizzled
grizzly2 of 2noun
grizzly bear
grizzledadjective
sprinkled, streaked, or mixed with gray
a grizzled beard
gritsplural noun
coarsely ground hulled grain
hominy grits
grit1 of 2noun
a small hard sharp particle (as of sand)
material (as an abrasive) composed of grits
firmness of mind or spirit : unyielding courage
grit2 of 2verb
to grind or cause to grind : grate
grit one's teeth
gristmillnoun
a mill for grinding grain
gristlenoun
tough chewy matter in meat served as food that is composed usually of cartilage
gristnoun
grain to be ground or already ground
1 For those who worry that economists are obsessed with efficiency, to the exclusion of everything else, this is grist to the mill.
2 Those variously humdrum or profound, fleeting or formidable encounters are grist for intellectually restless playwright Caryl Churchill in the flurry of blackout sketches that make up Forum Theatre’s highly enjoyable actors’ buffet “Love and Information.”
3 Favorite phrases included “That’s grist for your mill,” “The plot thickens,” and “I’m a dead duck!”
4 With this one, our approach was that this is a two-hander, this was a love story, and Vision’s character and Paul, the performer, had as much grist for him.
5 Both factions will find plenty of grist at the Warehouse, where Mr. Kiefer’s works refer to everything from the poet and Nazi labor camp survivor Paul Celan to the Old Testament’s Lilith.
6 McCormick began to make his famous reaper in a grist mill.
麦考密克在磨坊中开始制作著名的收割机.
7 All life’s awfulness has been grist to me.
8 It’s also in keeping with the same themes about life and its simulations that have been grist for its writer and director, Andrew Niccol.
9 Even the most determined conspiracy theorists are finding no grist for their mills.
甚至最顽固的阴谋理论家也否认,他们对此有利可图。
10 For Lewis it is all grist for his current project, a screenplay for a German producer on that echt ’70s subject, the Woman in Search of Her Identity.
11 They also provided the grist for her column and her first book, “Dish: The Inside Story on the World of Gossip,” as well as her memoir and the two novels that followed.
12 The Walls joined another 100 other black families and established a vibrant community at Puce, with several churches, schools, farms, a grist mill, a saw mill and shops.
13 You would think all this would be grist to Nunn's very theatrical mill.
14 Almost every relationship with every famous person she’s dated has become grist for her one-sided ballad-writing mill, regardless of how mundane the actual details of those breakups were.
15 "In response to this, and an earlier message from Mr Hayes defending polarisation, David Roberts of Grist tweeted:" But polarizing who against who?
为了回复这一条和之前的一条海耶斯为两极化辩护的言论,大卫·罗伯茨发了一条推特:“两极化到底是哪两极?”
16 The grist for our mill is still words. Words as they put the sock and soul into the expression of ideas.
文字,是我们这行业的利器。文字在意念的表达中,注入热情和灵魂。
17 Swift’s use of her own life experiences as grist for her lyrics has made her the subject of tiresome jokes, but has also become a central part of her identity.
18 For another singer, this might be grist for songs of revenge and rage.
19 Conan O'Brien's "Tonight Show" came to vicious life when the host's "toxic" relationship with NBC became grist for his late-night barbs – just as David Letterman's show did likewise in its waning Peacock network era.
20 Coco staples such as pearls, quilting, monochrome and, of course, the jacket are grist to his mill.
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