核心畫面

Picture a flat frame of metal bars with fierce heat on one side. That object gives the word everything: the bars themselves, the cooking done on them, the place that sells that food — and, once the heat is what you notice, the experience of being questioned under it.

可以想成:一片金屬條排成的平面架子,一邊有很強的火力。這個東西撐起了整個字:架子本身、在上面烤東西這件事、賣這種食物更多收起可以想成:一片金屬條排成的平面架子,一邊有很強的火力。這個東西撐起了整個字:架子本身、在上面烤東西這件事、賣這種食物的店——而一旦注意力落到那股火上,就出現了「被逼問」的比喻。

From the picture

在架子上烤

把那個架子直接當動詞用:食物放上去、用強火從上面或下面烤。

grill (cook) · verb · B1

to cook food on a flat metal frame with bars, using strong heat from above or below

烤;燒烤

被火烤般的逼問

借走的是那股火:一個人被連續追問,就像被架在強熱底下,坐立難安。

grill (interrogate) · verb · B1

to ask someone a lot of difficult questions about something, often for a long time

盤問;追問

Also in this word

grill (cooking rack) · noun · B1

a flat frame of metal bars that you put over a fire so you can cook food on it

烤架

grill (oven element) · noun · B1

the part of a cooker that sends strong heat down from above to cook food on a shelf below

(烤箱上層的)烤架

grille (metal grating) · noun · B1

a screen of metal bars used as a cover or guard, for example on a window, a speaker, or the front of a car; also spelled grille

格柵;鐵格子

原始詞典資料22 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

grillnoun詞源 1/ɡɹɪl/

  • 1

    A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.

  • 2

    The criss-cross pieces that separate panes of glass in a window.

    • The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
  • 3

    On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.

  • 4

    A cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it; a broiler in US English

  • 5

    A cooking device comprising a source of radiative and convective heat and a means of holding food above it; a barbecue.

    • I put some peppers and mushrooms on the grill to go with dinner.
  • 6

    Food (designed to be) cooked on a grill.

    • a packet of frozen cauliflower cheese grills
  • 7

    A grillroom; a restaurant serving grilled food.

    • These coupons will get you a discount at Johnny's Bar and Grill.
    • It was a small grill called Pete's, dark and friendly.
  • 8

    A type of jewelry worn on the front teeth.

    • Nella wished him luck and started to walk away, still unsure if that glint in his mouth was a grill or just a few golden teeth.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    The front teeth regarded collectively.

grillverb詞源 1/ɡɹɪl/

  • 1

    To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue.

    • Why don't we get together Saturday and grill some burgers?
  • 2

    To cook food under the element of a stove or only under the top element of an oven – (US) broil, (cooking) salamander.

    • Bradly hung the fowl in a sugar-bag for to-morrow's dinner and set about grilling chops, with tomatoes stuffed with cheese and breadcrumbs in the pan.
  • 3

    To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.

    • The police grilled him about his movements at the time of the crime.
    • In stark opposition to what CBS editorial leadership told staff on Monday, Redstone said that she did not believe Dokoupil had violated the network’s editorial standards when he grilled Coates over the contents of his new book.
  • 4

    informalTo feel very hot; to swelter.

    • He had grilled in the heat, sweated in the rains, and shivered with fever under the rude thatch roof; […]
  • 5

    To stamp or mark with a grill.

  • 6

    To stare at.

grillverb詞源 2/ɡɹɪl/

  • 1

    obsoleteTo make angry; provoke; offend, incite.

  • 2

    obsoleteTo terrify; make tremble.

  • 3

    obsoleteTo tremble; shiver.

  • 4

    obsoleteTo snarl; snap.

grilladj詞源 3/ɡɹɪl/

  • 1

    obsoleteHarsh, rough, severe; cruel.

grillnoun詞源 4/ɡɹɪl/

  • 1

    obsoleteHarm.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。