单词 | chew |
释义 | chewchewschewedchewingchewchew /tʃuː/ verb [intransitive and transitive]1to bite food several times before swallowing it: The meat’s so tough I can hardly chew it.这肉太硬﹐我几乎嚼不动。2to bite something several times without eating itchew your lip/nailsShe chewed her lip and said nothing.chewsay她咬着嘴唇什么也不说。Phrasal verbschew somebody ↔ out phrasal verb American English informal to speak angrily to someone who has done something wrong: My boss chewed me out for being late.chewbe老板因为我迟到把我痛骂了一顿。 chew something ↔ over phrasal verb to think carefully about a problem, idea etc SYN consider, mull overTHESAURUS: chewbite to use your teeth to eat something or attack someone: He bit into the apple.biteThat cat bites people!bitechew to keep biting something that is in your mouth: Helen was chewing a piece of gum.bechewAlways chew your food thoroughly before you swallow it.He was chewing on his pen.bechewnibble to bite a lot of small pieces off something: She was nibbling a biscuit.benibbleThe rabbit was nibbling a carrot.benibblegnaw if an animal gnaws something, it bites it repeatedly with a lot of force, in order to eat it or make a hole in it: The dog was in the yard gnawing on a bone.begnawMice had gnawed a hole in the box.mousehavegnaw |
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