Pestle

(noun.) a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar.

(noun.) a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone.

(verb.) grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar; 'pestle the garlic'.

录入:西德尼

• I told his impudence that the gilt pestle and mortar was quite ornament enough; as if I was born, indeed, to be a country surgeon's wife! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Blanch the bitter almonds and bruise them in a Wedgwood mortar, adding thereto the glycerine and using the pestle vigorously; a smooth paste is thus obtained. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.

校对:奥利弗