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词汇 gritter
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Definition of gritter in English:

gritter

noun ˈɡrɪtə
British
  • A vehicle or machine for spreading grit and often salt on roads in icy or potentially icy weather.

    〈英〉(在结冰或可能会结冰的天气中在路面上撒砂和盐的)撒砂车

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Salt is corrosive, so the vehicles are carefully calibrated to ensure that only the amount of salt necessary for the expected road conditions is actually spread by the gritters.
    • She said they were monitoring the weather and gritters would be out on key routes around the city at the first sign of a return to cold conditions.
    • Last winter's spell of severe weather has meant gritters were on the roads more often than usual, leading to an overspend of £100,000.
    • Croydon Council's road gritters were out in force ensuring all of Croydon's main roads and the majority of secondary and tertiary routes were gritted.
    • But some angry drivers contacted the Telegraph & Argus to complain they had not seen gritters and that some roads were barely passable.

Rhymes

bitter, committer, critter, embitter, emitter, fitter, flitter, fritter, glitter, hitter, jitter, knitter, litter, permitter, pitta, quitter, remitter, sitter, skitter, slitter, spitter, splitter, submitter, titter, transmitter, twitter, witter
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