cooking utensil for broiling over a fire, early 14c., griderne, alteration (by association with iron) of gridire (late 13c.), a variant of gridil (see griddle). Confusion of "l" and "r" was common in Norman dialect. Also a medieval instrument of torture by fire. As the word for a U.S. football field, by 1896, for its lines.
雙語例句
1. His name was on the gridiron at Westminster.
他的名字在英國議會備受譴責.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. They laid the prisoner on the gridiron.
他們使這個囚犯備受折磨.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. He is the greatest quarterback in gridiron history.
他是橄欖球場歷史上最偉大的四分衛。
來自辭典例句
4. She turned a cake on the gridiron.
她在烤架上翻著餅.
來自互聯網
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