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
Now he's got his own trading company. Ann told me he made four million dollars last year.
现在他已有自己的贸易公司。安告诉我他去年赚了400万美元。
Why are you so angry?
你为什么这样生气？
A long-lost brother, who was presumed dead, was really alive all the time and wickedly plotting to bring about the hero's downfall.And so on.
主人公一位长期失散的兄弟，大家都以为死了，实际上一直活着，并且正在策划暗算主人公；如此等等，