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
You go ahead with the formalities. I'll see to the heavy luggage.
您先去办手续，我来帮您照看大件行李。
Could I have one for tomorrow morning?
明天早上我能租一辆吗？
There was no trace of fingerprints, but the inspector found a dirty red bundle that contained jewellery which the old lady said was not hers.
巡官没有发现指纹，却发现了一个装有珠宝的、肮脏的红包袱。老妇人说那不是她的。