Pestle



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 杵, 乳钵槌
• ［英］ n. 杵, 乳钵槌 ( a club-shaped implementation for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English pestel, from Anglo-French, from Latin pistillum, from pinsere to pound, crush; akin to Greek ptissein to crush, Sanskrit pina??i he pounds
• Date: 14th century
• 1. a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar — see mortar illustration
• 2. any of various devices for pounding, stamping, or pressing

II. verb (~d; pestling)

• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • archaic to beat, pound, or pulverize with or as if with a ~
• intransitive verb
  • to work with a ~ ; use a ~

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