grout英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry. countable,uncountable
Coarse meal; groats. archaic,countable,uncountable
Dregs, sediment. archaic,countable,in-plural,uncountable

— grouts of tea
A kind of beer or ale. UK,countable,obsolete,uncountable

动词 v.

To insert mortar between tiles. transitive

— I spent the whole afternoon grouting the kitchen floor.
To affix with mortar. transitive

— The year before the pandemic, a sump tank attached to a waste pond sprang a leak and had to be grouted shut.

词形变化

grouts plural grewt alternative groute alternative grut alternative grouts present,singular,third-person grouting participle,present grouted participle,past grouted past grewt alternative groute alternative grut alternative

词汇关系

衍生词

grouter grout float groutlike grouty regrout

词源

词源 1

From Middle English growte, grut, from Old English grūt (“dregs; coarse meal”), from Proto-West Germanic *grūt, from Proto-Germanic *grūtą (compare Dutch gruit (“dregs”), German Grauß, Norwegian grut (“ground”)), lengthening of Proto-Germanic *grutą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to grind, rub”). Related to grit.

词源 2

From Middle English growte, grut, from Old English grūt (“dregs; coarse meal”), from Proto-West Germanic *grūt, from Proto-Germanic *grūtą (compare Dutch gruit (“dregs”), German Grauß, Norwegian grut (“ground”)), lengthening of Proto-Germanic *grutą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to grind, rub”). Related to grit.