grate

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɡɹeɪt/|/ˈɡɹɛjt/    美 /ˈɡɹeɪt/|/ˈɡɹæɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
    — The grate stopped the sheep from escaping from their field.
  2. A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
  3. A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip. historical
    — Lances (only shown at Stoke D'Abernon) were commonly made of ash, about 13 feet long. A ring of metal (grate or grapper) was fastened to the shaft and during a fight[…]
动词 v.
  1. To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars. transitive
    — to grate a window
  2. To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater. transitive
    — I need to grate the cheese before the potato is cooked.
  3. To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something. intransitive
    — 1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part 3 Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling The gate suddenly grated. It was Lestiboudois; he came to fetch his spade, that he had forgotten. He recognised Justin climbing over the wall, and at last knew who was the culprit who stole his potatoes.
  4. To get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy. broadly,intransitive
    — She’s nice enough, but she can begin to grate if there is no-one else to talk to.
  5. To annoy. broadly,transitive
    — 2015, Art Levy in Florida Trend, Roland Martin is a Florida 'Icon' one of the issues that's kind of grating me a little bit is weed control.
形容词 adj.
  1. Serving to gratify; agreeable. obsolete
    — Coho or Coffee[…]however ingrate or insapory it seems at first, it becomes grate and delicious enough by custom.
  2. Obsolete spelling of great. alt-of,obsolete
    — c. 1815, Mary Woody, A true account of Nayomy Wise He promisd her a grate reward

词形变化

grates plural grates present,singular,third-person grating participle,present grated participle,past grated past grates present,singular,third-person grating participle,present grated participle,past grated past more grate comparative most grate superlative more grate comparative most grate superlative

词汇关系

近义词
grill
衍生词
firegrate fire-grate fire grate grateless gratewise register grate rocking grate step grate grateable grater grate upon grating gratings

词源

词源 1
From Middle English grate, from a Medieval Latin crāta, from a Latin word for a hurdle; or Italian grata, from Latin cratis.
词源 2
From Middle English graten, from Old French grater (“to scrape”) ( > French gratter), from Frankish *krattōn, from Proto-Germanic *krattōną. Cognate with Old High German krazzon ( > German kratzen (“to scrawl”) > Danish kradse), Icelandic krassa (“to scrawl”) and Danish kratte.
词源 3
From Latin grātus (“agreeable”).
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