grit
US: /ˈɡɹɪt/
UK: /ɡɹˈɪt/
UK: /ɡɹˈɪt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
grit /grit/
- danh từ
- hạt cát, hạt sỏi, sạn cát, sạn sỏi
- (kỹ thuật) hạt sạn (làm cho máy trục trặc)
- there must be some grit in the machine: chắc hẳn có hạt sạn trong máy
- mạt giũa (kim loại)
- (thông tục) tính bạo dạn, tính gan góc, tính can đảm; tính chịu đựng bền bỉ
- Grit đảng viên đảng Cấp tiến; đảng viên đảng Tự do (ở Ca-na-dda)
- to put grit in the machine
- thọc gậy bánh xe
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun [U]
1 very small pieces of stone or sand: I had a piece of grit in my eye. + They were spreading grit and salt on the icy roads.
2 the courage and determination that makes it possible for sb to continue doing sth difficult or unpleasant
+ verb (-tt-) [VN] to spread grit, salt or sand on a road that is covered with ice
Idioms: grit your teeth
1 to bite your teeth tightly together: She gritted her teeth against the pain. + 'Stop it!' he said through gritted teeth.
2 to be determined to continue to do sth in a difficult or unpleasant situation: It started to rain harder, but we gritted our teeth and carried on.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
courage, courageousness, valour, bravery, fortitude, resolution, resoluteness, resolve, toughness, mettle, pluck, spirit, backbone, nerve, gameness, intrepidity or intrepidness, dauntlessness, tenacity, determination, firmness, hardiness, hardihood, staunchness, stalwartness, doughtiness, fearlessness, Colloq guts, gutsiness, spunk, spunkiness, starch, Brit bottle, US and Canadian chutzpah, moxie, stick-to-it-iveness:
Mountain-climbing requires more grit than you might think.
Collocation dictionary
1 small pieces of stone
QUANT.
bit, piece
A bit of grit had got into my eye.
2 courage/determination
ADJ.
sheer, true
VERB + GRIT
have
Don't give in yet. You have more grit than that.
| display, show
The team showed their true grit and played a magnificent game.
| take
It takes sheer grit to stand up to a bully like that.
Concise English dictionary
gritted|gritting|gritsgrɪt
noun
+a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
+fortitude and determination
verb
+cover with a grit
+clench together
