adj 用法: 1 making a harsh noise (as if) from friction 发出(似)摩擦声的; 刺耳的: The car screeched to a halt with grinding brakes. 汽车停住时发出刺耳的刹车声. 用法: 2 (idm 习语) bring sth/come to a grinding `halt (infml) (cause sth to) stop completely (使某物)停住, 停稳. grinding `poverty (rhet 修辞) extreme poverty that causes suffering 贫苦不堪. |