• vt. 裝格柵于；磨擦
• vi. 發摩擦聲
• n. 壁爐；格柵
• n. (Grate)人名；(瑞典)格拉特

1.爐條，來自PIE*sker, 彎，轉，編織，詞源同cradle, hurdle. 因如編織狀經緯結構而得名。

2.擦碎，擬聲詞，模仿刮擦東西的聲音。

grate

grate: Grate ‘framework for holding burning fuel’ [14] and grate ‘rub’ [15] are different words. The former comes via Old French grate ‘grille’ and Vulgar Latin *grāta from Latin crātis ‘wickerwork, hurdle’. Grate ‘rub’ is ultimately Germanic (its ultimate ancestor was the Germanic verb *krattōn, source of modern German kratzen ‘scratch’), but it reached English via Old French grater ‘scrape’. Gratin [19] comes from the derived French noun gratin.
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grate (n.)

late 14c., "grill for cooking;" early 15c., "iron bars or cagework across a door or window," from Anglo-Latin (mid-14c.), from Old French grate or directly from Medieval Latin grata "a grating, lattice," from Latin cratis "wickerwork, hurdle" (see hurdle (n.)). As a verb meaning "to fit with a grate," from mid-15c. Related: Grated; grating.

grate (v.)

"to scrape, rub," late 14c. (implied in grated), from Old French grater "to scrape, scratch (out or off); erase; destroy, pull down" (Modern French gratter), from Frankish *kratton, from Proto-Germanic *krattojan (cognates: Old High German krazzon "to scratch, scrape," German kratzen "to scratch," Swedish kratta, Danish kratte "to rake, scrape"), probably of imitative origin. Senses of "sound harshly," and "annoy" are mid-16c. Italian grattare also is from Germanic. Related: Grated; grating.

1. Grate a tablespoonful of fresh ginger into a pan.

磨碎一湯匙鮮姜，放入平底鍋。

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2. I'll dish up and you can grate the Parmesan.

我來上菜，你把帕爾馬干酪磨碎。

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3. Finely grate about a teaspoon of orange zest and put aside.

將橙皮擦出大約一茶匙的細末待用。

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4. There was a fire in the grate.

壁爐內燃著火。

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5. A wood fire burned in the grate.

木柴在爐柵中燃燒著。

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