elbow grease

含义

hard physical effort, especially when cleaning

费力的体力活，尤指擦洗.

例句

1. 1The oven looked hopeless, but a bit of elbow grease made it shine again.
2. 2Getting the old paint off the door took a lot of elbow grease.
3. 3These pans can't go in the dishwasher, so they'll need some elbow grease.
4. 4With enough elbow grease, the rusty bike looked almost new by Sunday.
5. 5Forget fancy sprays; what this carpet really needs is elbow grease.

语法

不可数名词：不用 a，也没有复数。常用在 some、a bit of 或 a lot of 之后。