grist
noun /ɡrɪst/
/ɡrɪst/
[uncountable]Idioms - grist (for somebody/something) useful ideas or material
对…有用的东西（或有利的事） - Pearl Harbor has provided the grist for more than 100 books and at least seven movies.
珍珠港为100多本书和至少7部电影提供了素材。
词源Old English ‘grinding’, of Germanic origin; related to grind. - Pearl Harbor has provided the grist for more than 100 books and at least seven movies.
Idioms
(all) grist to the/somebody’s mill (British English)
(North American English (all) grist for the/somebody’s mill)
- something that is useful to somebody for a particular purpose
对…有用的东西（或有利的事） - Political sex scandals are all grist to the mill of the tabloid newspapers.
政界的性丑闻对通俗小报总是多多益善。
- Political sex scandals are all grist to the mill of the tabloid newspapers.