Word · Frequency #5538
grinds
苦差事；单调乏味的工作
grinds is the plural of grind.
核心释义
Hard, monotonous routine work; a tedious and laborious task.
- 1.
通过摩擦将物体粉碎或磨锐的动作。
The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
- 2.
法罗群岛传统的集体捕鲸活动。
A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
- 3.
被嘲笑为做作或死读书的无足轻重的学生
an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
- 4.
已磨成粉末的东西；研磨物。
Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
- 5.
物质被磨碎的颗粒细度
the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
- 6.
咖啡豆的特定研磨程度。
A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
- 7.
单调乏味的繁重工作
hard monotonous routine work
- 8.
冗长乏味的任务。
A tedious and laborious task.
- 9.
滑板或滑雪板上的磨板技巧。
A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
研磨；碾碎；磨削；研磨细度；（咖啡豆的）研磨程度；磨碎的颗粒；粉末；书呆子；死读书的人；（滑板/滑雪板的）磨滑特技
用法In use
He is such a grind, always studying and never going out.
用法提示：这里grind作名词，指用功过度、不受欢迎的学生。
For a smooth coffee, you need a medium grind.
用法提示：这里grind指研磨后颗粒的粗细程度。
The daily grind of work and chores leaves me little free time.
用法提示：这里grind指单调乏味的例行工作。
a coarse grind of coffee
the grind of sth
of 后接名词或动名词，表示某事带来的长期、单调的负担。
She couldn't cope with the grind of shift work.
她应付不了轮班工作的枯燥辛劳。
be a (real) grind
作可数名词，常用于口语，说明某事既累又枯燥。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- daily grind
- 日常苦差事；单调的日常工作
- He wanted a break from the daily grind.他想从日常的苦差事中解脱一下。
- coffee grind
- 咖啡研磨度；咖啡粉的粗细
- The store lets you choose your coffee grind.这家店让你选择咖啡的研磨度。
- fine grind
- 细研磨；细磨的咖啡粉
- Espresso machines usually need a fine grind.意式浓缩咖啡机通常需要细研磨的咖啡粉。
- rail grind
- 栏杆滑磨动作（滑板/滑雪技巧）
- She practiced rail grinds at the skatepark.她在滑板公园练习栏杆滑磨动作。
习语与比喻表达
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象石磨反复转圈 grind 豆子：枯燥又费力，日复一日，所以 grind 可指‘苦差事’。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：日常口语讨论工作或学习、固定搭配 the daily grind、表达对重复性任务感到厌倦的场合 grind 作“苦差事”讲时较非正式，多用于口语，常通过 the daily grind 指每日单调乏味的工作或学习；在正式写作中较少出现，可用 tedious work 等表达代替。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
同韵词：find、mind、kind、blind、bind、remind 都以 -ind 结尾，且重读部分的元音和尾音为 /aɪnd/，与 grind /ɡraɪnd/ 押韵。注意形近词 wind：作名词（风）时读 /wɪnd/，不押韵；作动词（缠绕）时读 /waɪnd/，才押韵。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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