| 词汇 | gnaw |
| 释义 | gnaw verb[ I+ prep, T ] uk /nɔː/ us /nɑː/ gnawverb[I + prep, T] (BITE)to bite or chew something repeatedly, usually making a hole in it or gradually destroying it: 咬，啮，啃（通常指啃出孔洞或逐渐啃坏） Babies like to gnaw hard objects when they're teething.婴儿在长牙时喜欢啃咬硬物。 gnaw onA dog lay under the table, gnawing on a bone.一条狗趴在桌下啃骨头。 to chew food chewMake sure you chew your food thoroughly. biteShe bit into the apple. nibbleShe nibbled on peanuts while waiting for her dinner to cook. munchHe munched popcorn throughout the whole film. crunchShe was crunching on an apple. chompHe was chomping a chocolate bar. Biting, chewing & swallowing bit bite biter champ chew chew on something chomp dunk lick masticate mastication masticatory munch nibble rumination suck unbitten unchewable unchewed gnawverb[I + prep, T] (FEEL WORRIED)to make you feel worried or uncomfortable: 使烦恼 be gnawed byI've been gnawed by guilt about not replying to her letter yet.我到现在还没有回她的信，心里一直感到很内疚。 gnaw atThe feeling that I've forgotten something has been gnawing at me all day.我一整天都坐立不安，老感觉忘了什么事情。 Making people sad, shocked and upset aback amiss appal be laughing on the other side of your faceidiom bite bum haunt heartbreaker heartbreakingly hit/touch a (raw) nerveidiom horrify nerve self-laceration sensitivity shake someone out of something shake someone up shake/rock something to its foundationsidiom shattering tear toxic You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Causing anxiety and worry Phrasal verbgnaw away at something gnaw | American Dictionarygnaw verb us/nɔ/ gnawverb (BITE)[ I/T ] to bite or chew something repeatedly: [ I ]The cat began to gnaw at the towel beneath him. gnawverb (FEEL ANXIOUS)[ Ialways+ adv/prep ] to cause someone to feel continual anxiety or pain gnawingadjectiveus/ˈnɔ·ɪŋ/ He has gnawing doubts about his loyalties. Examples of gnawgnaw Gnawing anxiety as to the future is one of the most soul-destroying things man can suffer from. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The black economy also gnaws away at the public purse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What gnaws away at people's lives, however, is the incessant, everyday crime and what they consider to be crime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have gnawed away the concessions given to pensioners. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One can see marks on the furniture where the rats have gnawed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nothing gnaws away at a business man's sense of well-being than cashflow problems. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The burden becomes too heavy for them, and too many old people are left to loneliness which creeps on them and gnaws at the little strength which they have left. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their case is founded on false assumptions and their arguments are riddled with muddle and confusion—rather like a lump of old timber gnawed away by woodworm and covered with fungus. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Fax machines, e-mail, electronic payments and direct debits have all provided competition that has gnawed away at some of the basic business of mail and parcel delivery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Jury nobbling gnaws at the marrow of justice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Inequality gnaws at the moral fabric of society. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What causes young men or women to throw away their lives by taking drugs so that their minds and bodies are gnawed by these dreadful substances? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Among those fish were kelts and there were snigger marks on many of them, and some even had marks of having been gnawed by rats and pecked by gulls. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be keep short by gnawing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of gnaw These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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