mid-14c. (as a surname late 13c.), from Old French pestel, from Latin pistillum "pounder, pestle," related to pinsere "to pound," from PIE *pis-to-, suffixed form of root *peis- "to crush" (cognates: Sanskrit pinasti "pounds, crushes," pistah "anything ground, meal," Greek ptissein "to winnow," Old Church Slavonic pi?o, pichati "to push, thrust, strike," pi?enica "wheat," Russian pseno "millet").
雙語例句
1. Using a pestle and mortar, pulverise the bran to a coarse powder.
用杵和臼，將麩皮磨成粗粉。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He ground the rock candy with a mortar and pestle.
他自己動手用研缽和杵把冰糖研成粉。
來自辭典例句
3. The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle?
帶有毒藥的小球放在帶有杵的容器里?
來自電影對白
4. Jin Yu: An iron pestle can be ground down to a needle.
錦玉: 只要功夫深,鐵杵磨成針ㄓㄣ.
來自互聯網
5. This glass is ground under water using pestle and mortar.