4[intransitiveI, transitiveT]SOUND to make an unpleasant sound by rubbing, or to make something do this (使)发出刺耳的摩擦声
The stones beneath her shoes grated harshly.
石子在她鞋底下吱嘎作响,声音很刺耳。
Examples from the Corpus
grate• The Parmesan cheese was freshly grated.• Cool on a wirerack, then cut in two horizontally. 4 To make filling, finely grateorange.• I always like to grate some cheese over the potatoes before serving them.• Drain well. 3 Peel and roughly grate the carrots.• She started to grate the cheese.• Although their charactersgrate, the performances almost always please.
Origingrate1
(1300-1400)Medieval Latincrata, grata“something made of woven sticks”, from Latincratis; → CRATE1
grate2
(1300-1400)Old Frenchgrater“to make marks in a surface”