gritty

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
    — Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him.
  2. Spirited; resolute; unyielding.
    — That goth woman is very gritty.
  3. Intense and starkly realistic; depicting harsh reality, especially violence.

词形变化

grittier comparative grittiest superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
grittily grittiness nitty-gritty ungritty

词源

Etymology tree
English grit
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English gritty
From grit + -y.
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