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grate v.发出“吱嘎”声；磨碎；使人烦躁 grate (n.) late 14c., "grill for cooking;" early 15c., "iron bars or cagework across a door or windows," from Anglo-Latin (mid-14c.), from Old French grate or directly from Medieval Latin grata "lattice," from Latin cratis "wickerwork, hurdle" (see hurdle). As a verb meaning "to fit with a grate," from mid-15c. Related: Grated; grating.grate (v.) "to scrape, rub," late 14c. (implied in grated), from Old French grater "to scrape" (Modern French gratter), from Frankish *kratton, from Proto-Germanic *krattojan (cognates: Old High German krazzon "to scratch, scrape," German kratzen "to scratch," Swedish kratta, Danish kratte "to rake"), probably of imitative origin. Senses of "sound harshly," and "annoy" are mid-16c. Italian grattare also is from Germanic. Related: Grated; grating. 【记】近于scratch， s,ch 省略，g=c；也类似grind, d=t【相关】另外几个形意相近的 fret 使烦恼，磨损, irritate 使激怒，grind 磨

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[greit] 【英】 v. 磨碎(to grind into shreds or particles)；使人烦躁(to irritate; annoy; fret)【考】 反义词：soothe(使平 静)【例】 grated cheese. His whistling grated on her nerves. v. (通过不断地激怒或烦扰)使人气恼 = irritate = annoy = fret; (通过磨擦)产生吱吱的, 刺耳的声音【记】g割, rat老鼠, e: 慢慢地割老鼠的脖子－发出吱吱的, 刺耳的声音－令人非常气恼【反】soothe(v 安慰; 使平静)

单词	grate
音标	[greit]
解释	v.发出“吱嘎”声；磨碎；使人烦躁
红宝书	【英】 v. 磨碎(to grind into shreds or particles)；使人烦躁(to irritate; annoy; fret) 【考】反义词：soothe(使平静) 【例】 grated cheese. His whistling grated on her nerves.
字源	grate (n.) late 14c., "grill for cooking;" early 15c., "iron bars or cagework across a door or windows," from Anglo-Latin (mid-14c.), from Old French grate or directly from Medieval Latin grata "lattice," from Latin cratis "wickerwork, hurdle" (see hurdle). As a verb meaning "to fit with a grate," from mid-15c. Related: Grated; grating. grate (v.) "to scrape, rub," late 14c. (implied in grated), from Old French grater "to scrape" (Modern French gratter), from Frankish kratton, from Proto-Germanic krattojan (cognates: Old High German krazzon "to scratch, scrape," German kratzen "to scratch," Swedish kratta, Danish kratte "to rake"), probably of imitative origin. Senses of "sound harshly," and "annoy" are mid-16c. Italian grattare also is from Germanic. Related: Grated; grating.
不择手段背单词	v. (通过不断地激怒或烦扰)使人气恼 = irritate = annoy = fret; (通过磨擦)产生吱吱的, 刺耳的声音【记】g割, rat老鼠, e: 慢慢地割老鼠的脖子－发出吱吱的, 刺耳的声音－令人非常气恼【反】soothe(v 安慰; 使平静)
趣味全助记	【记】近于scratch， s,ch 省略，g=c；也类似grind, d=t 【相关】另外几个形意相近的 fret 使烦恼，磨损, irritate 使激怒，grind 磨

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