1. Prolonged hand movement. To knock, to pound with pestle. 手持久的动作，敲打也，捣舂也。
2. These he grinds together with a pestle cast in the shape of a woman. 他把这些东西混合，用杵捣成一个女人的形状。
3. Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding him like grain with a pestle, you will not remove his folly from him. 你虽用杵、将愚妄人与打碎的麦子一同捣在臼中、他的愚妄还是离不了他。
英英解释
n.
1. machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
2. a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix
3. a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar v.
1. grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar
