Grist is something you can use in a particular situation — material that helps you do the job in front of you. You will almost always meet it in the old mill picture: grist for the mill, or grist to the mill.

Grist is somethinggrist是一種東西 you can use in a particular situation你可以在特定情況下拿來用 material that helps you do the job in front of you是能幫你完成眼前工作的材料 You will almost always meet it你幾乎都會在 in the old mill picture那個古老的磨坊畫面裡遇到它 grist for the mill, or grist to the millgrist for the mill，或grist to the mill

Whatever grain arrived could be ground; so whatever facts, gossip, or trouble arrive can be turned into something useful, a story, an argument, a plan. People say it of journalists, lawyers, and anyone who can make use of messy stuff.

Whatever grain arrived不管送來的是什麼穀子 could be ground都可以被磨成粉 so whatever facts, gossip, or trouble arrive所以不管來的是事實、八卦還是麻煩 can be turned into something useful, a story, an argument, a plan都可以被拿來變成有用的東西——一個故事、一個論點、一個計畫 People say it of journalists, lawyers, and anyone who can make use of messy stuff大家會這樣形容記者、律師，還有任何能把亂七八糟的東西派上用場的人

The noun is old: Middle English grist, from Old English grist, gyrst, “grinding, or corn brought to be ground.” The deeper origin is unclear; scholars do not agree, and some look toward a very old “crunch / grind” root. The mill sense is the one that still lives.

The noun is old這個名詞很古老 Middle English grist中古英文的grist from Old English grist, gyrst來自古英文的grist、gyrst “grinding, or corn brought to be ground.”意思是「磨」，或「送去磨的穀子」 The deeper origin is unclear更早的來源並不清楚 scholars do not agree學者們意見不一 and some look toward a very old “crunch / grind” root有人認為源自一個很古老、意思是「嘎吱、磨」的字根 The mill sense is the one that still lives磨坊那個意思是還活著、還在用的

You do not call any useful thing “grist” by itself in casual speech; you use the mill phrase.

You do not call any useful thing “grist” by itself in casual speech在口語裡，你不會單獨把任何有用的東西叫做grist you use the mill phrase你會用那個磨坊的片語