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.
实用例句
1. His name was on the gridiron at Westminster.
他的名字在英国议会备受谴责.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. They laid the prisoner on the gridiron.
他们使这个囚犯备受折磨.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. He is the greatest quarterback in gridiron history.
他是橄榄球场历史上最伟大的四分卫。
来自辞典例句
4. She turned a cake on the gridiron.
她在烤架上翻著饼.
来自互联网
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