sounding harsh and unpleasant 刺耳的 her high, grating voice. 她尖锐刺耳的声音。 ■irritating 令人气恼的,令人不快的 it has a smarty-pants tone which I found grating. 里面有一种自以为是的腔调,让我很不舒服。
派生 gratingly adverb grating2 noun
a framework of parallel or crossed bars, typically preventing access through an opening while permitting communication or ventilation (覆盖在通道口防止人或异物进入的)格栅;窗栅;阴沟防护栅;通风口格栅 ■(亦作 diffraction grating)(Optics)a set of equally spaced parallel wires, or a surface ruled with equally spaced parallel lines, used to produce spectra by diffraction (光学)衍射光栅