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grit teeth

/grit/US // grɪt //UK // (ɡrɪt) //

咬牙切齿,咬紧牙关,咬牙切齿的,咬牙切齿地

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n.名词 noun
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    • : abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
    • : firmness of character; indomitable spirit; pluck: She has a reputation for grit and common sense.
    • : a coarse-grained siliceous rock, usually with sharp, angular grains.
    • : British. gravel.
    • : sand or other fine grainy particles eaten by fowl to aid in digestion.
v.有主动词 verb
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    grit·ted, grit·ting.

    • : to cause to grind or grate together.
v.无主动词 verb
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    grit·ted, grit·ting.

    • : to make a scratchy or slightly grating sound, as of sand being walked on; grate.

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Examples

  • Further googling of the McDonald’s buffet with terrible grits in Alexandria turns up nothing.

  • A hearty, cheesy spoonful of his grits reveals additional layers of the “new” American palate.

  • They have shooting, vision, grit, length, speed, experience and more than one playmaker.

  • It took a tremendous amount of fight, grit, toughness, resolve.

  • Will, innovation, grit, unceasing creativity, and a touch of luck are all you sometimes need to win.

  • But she respects grit and determination, in allies and opponents alike.

  • Chicago provides crime reporters and amateur scanner-chasers with more grit and brutality than they can handle combined.

  • In 175 well-chosen words, he sums up the trials and the grit and bravery of the civil rights movement.

  • To do so in a Salvadoran prison defies comprehension and inspires respect for their grit and determination.

  • Plus, his remake history is a mixed bag, with the solid True Grit and the atrocious Oldboy.

  • Then followed such an exhibition of sheer grit and skill and dauntless courage as none of the girls would ever forget.

  • "Of course it won't be much use to him in my leather business," I said to my wife; "still it shows grit."

  • All day long the struggle continued, and it required all the grit he possessed to keep him going.

  • She had the grit to pray for Judus if she took the notion—there warn't no back-down to her, I judge.

  • Meal dus' in my th'oat, grit in my eye, en I aint kin git my breff, skacely.