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pestle

/pes-uhl, pes-tl/US // ˈpɛs əl, ˈpɛs tl //UK // (ˈpɛsəl) //

杵,研杵,槌子,杵杵

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
    • : any of various appliances for pounding, stamping, etc.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pes·tled, pes·tling.

    • : to pound or grind with or as if with a pestle.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pes·tled, pes·tling.

    • : to work with a pestle.

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Examples

  • Blend them together in a spice grinder or with a mortar and pestle, working in batches, if needed.

  • All are thrown into a wooden bowl and beaten with a pestle into a colorful plate of food.

  • So if you have high-quality saffron, you should feel free to grind it yourself with a mortar and pestle.

  • Put the spices into a pestle and mortar and pound them up with a pinch of salt.

  • Jack having overpowered her seized her by the hair and beat Baba Yaga with her own pestle.

  • F'r all ye know, it may be a short note to th' dhruggist askin' him to hit ye on th' head with a pestle.

  • I leaped at him and struck him a glancing blow with the heavy wooden pestle.

  • "I do not need advice from you," he growled, his wrinkled fingers grinding the rock pestle savagely against the bowl's contents.

  • She had got into the habit of relieving herself by an audible gasp each time she drove the pestle down.