machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone
a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
Verb:
grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar;
"pestle the garlic"
例句
用作名词 (n.)
He ground the rock candy with a mortar and pestle. 他自己动手用研钵和杵把冰糖研成粉。
A pestle can be ground into a needle and true knowledge comes from perseverance. 想得到真正的学问，必有须磨杵成针的精神。
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