grate

英 [ɡreɪt]

美 [ɡreɪt]

n. 炉条; 炉箅
v. 擦碎，磨碎(食物); 使人烦躁; 使人烦恼; 使人难受; (使)发出刺耳的声音，发出吱吱嘎嘎的摩擦声

过去式：grated　现在分词：grating　复数：grates　第三人称单数：grates　过去分词：grated　

Collins.2 / BNC.10689 / COCA.8512

牛津词典

noun

verb

擦碎，磨碎（食物）
to rub food against a grater in order to cut it into small pieces
1. grated apple/carrot/cheese, etc.
  擦成细丝的苹果、胡萝卜、干酪等
使人烦躁；使人烦恼；使人难受
to irritate or annoy sb
1. Her voice really grates on me.
  她的声音真刺耳。
2. It grated with him when people implied he wasn't really British.
  当有人暗示他不是地道的英国人时，他很是恼火。
（使）发出刺耳的声音，发出吱吱嘎嘎的摩擦声
when two hard surfaces grate as they rub together, they make a sharp unpleasant sound; sb can also make one thing grate against another
1. The rusty hinges grated as the gate swung back.
  大门荡了回去，生锈的铰链发出嘎吱嘎吱的刺耳声。
2. He grated his knife across the plate.
  他用刀子划过盘子时发出刺耳的声音。

N-COUNT 炉栅；炉格；炉排；炉箅
Agrateis a framework of metal bars in a fireplace, which holds the coal or wood.
1. A wood fire burned in the grate.
  木柴在炉栅中燃烧着。
VERB 磨碎,擦碎（食物）
If yougratefood such as cheese or carrots, you rub it over a metal tool called a grater so that the food is cut into very small pieces.
1. Grate the cheese into a mixing bowl.
  将干酪磨碎放进搅拌碗中。
2. ...grated carrot.
  磨碎的胡萝卜
VERB 发出吱吱嘎嘎的摩擦声；发出刺耳的摩擦声
When somethinggrates, it rubs against something else making a harsh, unpleasant sound.
1. His chair grated as he got to his feet...
  他起身时椅子发出吱吱嘎嘎的声音。
2. The gun barrel grated against the floor.
  枪管拖在地上发出刺耳的声音。
VERB 使烦躁；使气恼；使难受
If something such as someone's behaviourgrates onyou orgrates, it makes you feel annoyed.
1. His manner always grated on me...
  他的态度总是让我感到气恼。
2. What truly grates is the painful banter.
  最让人气愤的是那个令人难堪的玩笑。
See also:grating

noun

a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
Synonym:grating
a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
Synonym:grating
a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something

verb

scratch repeatedly
1. The cat scraped at the armchair
Synonym:scrape
make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
1. grate one's teeth in anger
Synonym:grind
reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface
1. grate carrots and onions
2. grate nutmeg
gnaw into
1. The injustice rankled her
2. his resentment festered
Synonym:eat intofretrankle
furnish with a grate
1. a grated fireplace

I need you to go up through the grate and into the vents.
我要你穿过壁炉到通风孔。
Robina struck a match and held it to the crumpled newspaper in the grate.
罗比娜划着一根火柴去点壁炉里揉皱的报纸。
There was a fire in the grate
壁炉内燃着火。
Grate the nutmeg into the mixture/ over the pudding.
把肉豆蔻磨碎放入混合料中[撒在布丁上]。
Grate some mature cheddar cheese.
将一些已经酿熟的切达干酪磨碎。
Finely grate about a teaspoon of orange zest and put aside.
将橙皮擦出大约一茶匙的细末待用。
When they reached Xizhimen Grate, there was hardly any traffic on the road.
拉到了西直门，城洞里几乎没有什么行人。
Would you grate these vegetables up?
你准备把这上些蔬菜切碎吗？
There were red coals in the grate.
壁炉里有烧红的煤块。
His chair grated as he got to his feet
他起身时椅子发出吱吱嘎嘎的声音。