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grinder

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n.磨工,尤指磨刀具的工人,研磨者,<美俚>脱衣舞女演员

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grinder


/'graɪndə(r); `ˇraɪndɚ/
n
1 thing that grinds, eg a molar tooth; apparatus for grinding 起研磨作用之物(如臼齿); 研磨的装置; 研磨机
*a `coffee-grinder 磨咖啡机.
2 (in compounds 用以构成复合词) person who grinds 做研磨工作的人; 做摇转工作的人
*a `knife-grinder
* an `organ-grinder, ie sb who plays a barrel-organ.

grinder


n[C]
a machine for crushing coffee beans, peppercorns etc into powder
 a pepper grinder
1. Was the philosopher who refused to look through Galileo´s telescope more culpable than those who alleged that the spiral nebulae observed with Lord Rosse´s great telescope in the eighteen-forties were scratches left by the grinder?
    某位哲学家曾拒绝使用伽利略的望远镜去观察天空;到了19世纪40年代,有人硬把罗斯勋爵高倍望远镜观测到的螺旋状星云说成是磨镜工留下的磨痕。难道反对伽利略的哲学家比诋毁罗斯勋爵造谣者应受到更大的谴责吗?

2. They were scratches left by the grinder?
    他们是研磨者所留下的痕迹.

3. The spiral nebulae were scratches left by the grinder.
    螺旋状的"星云"是研磨者所留下的痕迹.

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