Grinding
a. 刺耳的, 沉重的, 剧烈的\\n[化] 研磨; 磨碎
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
grinding
adj
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.
2 (idm 习语) bring sth/come to a grinding `halt (infml 口) (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.
🗣️ 情景例句
without cultural programs in our school.
我们的学校里没有文化活动。
Where were you born?
你出生在什么地方？
It did not take the firefighters long to put out the fire, and they at once started to look for causes of the fire.
消防队员没花多时间就把大火扑灭了，他们马上开始调查火灾发生的原因。