grist

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Grain that is to be ground in a mill. countable,uncountable
    — That it will, however, cause the subscribers to wish, in their minds, for many oaths to fly about, which is a heinous crime, and to lay stratagems to try the patience of men of all sorts; to put them upon the swearing strain, in order to bring grist to their own mill, which is a crime still more enormous; and that therefore, for fear of these evil consequences, the passing of such an act is not consistent with the really extraordinary and tender conscience of a true modern politician.
  2. A group of bees. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  3. Supply; provision. colloquial,countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — Matter, as wise logicians say, / Cannot without a form subsist; / And form, say I, as well as they, / Must fail if matter brings no grist.
  4. A given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands. countable,uncountable
  5. Ellipsis of grist for the mill. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,figuratively
    — The judge needed a case with the potential for great emotional impact to gain media coverage for his political career. He was running for judgeship on the Nevada Supreme Court. Nicky and I were in the wrong place at the wrong time. We were available, vulnerable, and expendable for political grist.
动词 v.
  1. To grind in a mill. transitive
    — […] and another mill is erecting on the same stream near Sparrow Lake, to which a run of stones for gristing will be added.

词形变化

grists plural grists present,singular,third-person gristing participle,present gristed participle,past gristed past

词汇关系

衍生词
gristbite grist for the mill grist mill gristmill grist to the mill gristy
相关词
gristle

词源

词源 1
From Middle English grist, gryst, from Old English grist, gyrst (“the action of grinding, corn for grinding, gnashing”), of obscure origin: possibly from a pre-Germanic substrate language, or from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *gredaną (“to crunch”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rub, grind”). Cognate with Old Saxon gristgrimmo (“gnashing of the teeth”), German Griesgram (“a grumbler, a grouch, peevishness, misery”), Old English gristel (“gristle”).
词源 2
From Middle English grist, gryst, from Old English grist, gyrst (“the action of grinding, corn for grinding, gnashing”), of obscure origin: possibly from a pre-Germanic substrate language, or from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *gredaną (“to crunch”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rub, grind”). Cognate with Old Saxon gristgrimmo (“gnashing of the teeth”), German Griesgram (“a grumbler, a grouch, peevishness, misery”), Old English gristel (“gristle”).
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