mortar
mortar 英 [ˈmɔ:tə(r)] 美 [ˈmɔrtə(r)]
n. 迫击炮；臼，研钵；灰浆 vt. 用灰泥涂抹，用灰泥结合
进行时:mortaring 过去式:mortared 过去分词:mortared 第三人称单数:mortars 名词复数:mortars
- A mortar is a bowl-shaped container that you can grind things in using a pestle. You probably buy your spices pre-ground at the store, but if you wanted to be old-school, you could grind them yourself with a mortar and pestle.
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- n. 迫击炮；臼，研钵；灰浆
- vt. 用灰泥涂抹，用灰泥结合
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1. The farmers pound rice in a mortar.
农民们在臼中舂米。
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2. It is a bricks and mortar industry that caters to the local market.
这是一个有关砖头与灰泥的行业，面向的是国内市场。
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3. Its engineering was once a bit of mystery, especially since the broken-hearted Romeo worked secretively at night without using any mortar.
它的工程曾经是一个谜，特别是这个心碎的罗密欧在晚上秘密的工作，不用任何灰泥。
- mortar (n.1) "mixture of cement," late 13c., from Old French mortier "builder's mortar, plaster; bowl for mixing" (13c.), from Latin mortarium "mortar," also "crushed drugs," probably the same word as mortarium "bowl for mixing or pounding" (see mortar (n.2)). Dutch mortel, German Mörtel are from Latin or French.
- mortar (n.2) "bowl for pounding," c. 1300, from Old French mortier "bowl; builder's mortar," from Latin mortarium "bowl for mixing or pounding," also "material prepared in it," of unknown origin as it is impossible now to determine which sense was original. Watkins says probably from PIE root *mer- "to rub away, harm." Late Old English had mortere, from the same Latin source, which might also be a source of the modern word. German Mörser also is from Latin.
- mortar (n.3) "short cannon" fired at a high angle and meant to secure a vertical fall of the projectile, 1550s, originally mortar-piece, from Middle French mortier "short cannon," in Old French, "bowl for mixing or pounding" (see mortar (n.2)). So called for its shape.
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