cooking utensil for broiling over a fire, early 14c., griderne, alteration (by association with iron) of gridire (late 13c.), a variant of gridil (see griddle). Confusion of "l" and "r" was common in Norman dialect. Also a medieval instrument of torture by fire. As the word for a U.S. football field, by 1896, for its lines.
权威例句
1. His name was on the gridiron at Westminster.
他的名字在英国议会备受谴责.
2. They laid the prisoner on the gridiron.
他们使这个囚犯备受折磨.
3. He is the greatest quarterback in gridiron history.
他是橄榄球场历史上最伟大的四分卫。
4. She turned a cake on the gridiron.
她在烤架上翻著饼.
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