| 单词 | grit |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [grit] |
| 解释 | n.沙粒；决心，勇气；v.下定决心，咬紧牙关 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 沙粒(rough, hard particles of sand)；决心，勇气(stubborn courage; pluck)；v. 下定决心，咬紧牙关( to clench or grind the teeth in anger or determination; fortitude) 【记】 可看作词组 grin and bear it (苦笑着忍受)的缩写 ，grin it→grit 【例】 The snow was blowing in his face, but he gritted his teeth and went on. |
| 字源 | grit (n.) Old English greot "sand, dust, earth, gravel," from Proto-Germanic *greutan "tiny particles of crushed rock" (cognates: Old Saxon griot, Old Frisian gret, Old Norse grjot "rock, stone," German Grieß "grit, sand"), from PIE *ghreu- "rub, grind" (cognates: Lithuanian grudas "corn, kernel," Old Church Slavonic gruda "clod"). Sense of "pluck, spirit" first recorded American English, 1808. grit (v.) "make a grating sound," 1762, probably from grit (n.). Related: Gritted; gritting. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 沙砾(细小的粗颗粒); (竪毅而不屈服的)决心, 勇气 = pluck; v 下定决心; 咬紧牙关 【记】读great! (口: 太牛了! )如果你有决心, 勇气, 我就会夸你great! 源于词组grin and bear(苦笑着忍受)－要紧牙关 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】近于grain 颗粒，砂粒；great 要当伟人，伟大的事需要决心勇气咬紧牙关；grate 磨碎成颗粒，磨牙磨得咯吱响，咬紧牙关；象砂粒一样坚硬，且咬紧牙关，表示决心与意志坚定，面临困难或危险时不屈的勇气；i=e, GRE it, 搞定GRE需要不怕苦，像沙石一样坚固的信念 【相关】grind 磨 |
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