grind one's gears
短语发音
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词形变化
grinding one's gears
grinds one's gears
三单
grinds one's gears
ground one's gears
grinding one's gears
现在分词
ground one's gears
过去式
ground one's gears
过去分词
释义与例句
v.
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1.
To annoy or irritate one.
习语 非正式It really grinds my gears when inconsiderate people litter.
词源
As an analogy to a state in a multispeed internal combustion engine in which improperly synchronized inputs and outputs in the transmission during a gear shift (as by driver error or a mechanical fault) lead to literal grinding of gears against each other as they're forced to mesh at different speeds from one another. The noise produced is harsh and grating, and damage to the transmission can accumulate with repeated occurrences.
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