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pestle
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pestled
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pestling
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- pestle
['pεsl]
['pesl]
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1.
noun
（捣研用的）杵
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2.
noun
（磨机用的）碾槌；碾锤
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3.
vt.
（用杵等）捣；研碎
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4.
vi.
（用杵等）捣；研碎
Collins English-English Dictionary
- pestle
['pεsəl]
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1.
n
a club-shaped instrument for mixing or grinding substances in a mortar
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2.
n
a tool for pounding or stamping
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3.
vb
to pound (a substance or object) with or as if with a pestle
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4.
vb
[Etymology]
C14: from Old French pestel, from Latin pistillum; related to pinsare to crush
Examples
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This manual coffee grinder from the late 1800s is a mechanized replacement for the mortar and pestle.
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这种始于19世纪末的手动咖啡机，因其机械化的进步取代了原先使用的舀和杵。
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pestle and mortar
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杵和臼
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This glass is ground under water using pestle and mortar.
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玻璃在水下被杵和臼碾压。
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舂米
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husk rice with mortar and pestle
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杵臼
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mortar and pestle
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捣米
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husk rice with a pestle and mortar
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杵乐这种民间艺术歌舞在中国大陆是很少见到的。
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"Pestle music" - A folk performance of song and dance, is very rare in Mainland China.
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nciku Video Note
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舂 [chōng]
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捣 [dǎo]
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磨 [mó]
Related video notes: 舂、捣、磨
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