pestle

英 [ˈpesl]

美 [ˈpesl]

n.  杵，碾槌(研磨食品工具)

复数：pestles　现在分词：pestling　过去式：pestled　第三人称单数：pestles　过去分词：pestled　

GRE

BNC.34299 / COCA.25914

牛津词典

noun

• 杵，碾槌（研磨食品工具）
  a small heavy tool with a round end used for crushing things in a special bowl called a mortar

柯林斯词典

• （捣研草药、调料、谷物等的）捣锤，碾槌，杵
  Apestleis a short rod with a thick round end. It is used for crushing things such as herbs, spices, or grain in a bowl called a mortar.

英英释义

noun

• a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar
• 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
  Synonym:mullerpounder
• machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
  Synonym:stamp

verb

• grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar
  1. pestle the garlic

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