grinding
adj
1 making a harsh noise (as if) from friction 发出(似)摩擦声的; 刺耳的
The car screeched to a halt with grinding brakes. 汽车停住时发出刺耳的刹车声.
2 (idm 习语) bring sth/come to a grinding `halt (infml 口) (cause sth to) stop completely (使某物)停住, 停稳. grinding `poverty (rhet 修辞) extreme poverty that causes suffering 贫苦不堪.
🗣️ 情景例句
I'm afraid i have a complaint to make.
恐怕我要提点意见。
Big mouthfuls ofter choke.
贪多嚼不烂。
said Jim. Somebody or something took it. We won't go until we get it back again!