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词汇 pawing
释义 pawing
present participle ofpaw
paw
verb
uk /pɔː/ us /pɑː/
[ I or T ]
to touch something with a paw: 用爪子抓(或扒)
When their dog heard them it began pawing (at) the ground in excitement.他们的狗听见他们的声音就开始激动地用爪子刨地。
[ T ]informal
to feel or touch someone roughly with the hands, especially in an unpleasant sexual way摸弄,抓捏;(尤指)猥亵地动手动脚
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Touching & feeling
arm
brush against someone/something
dab at something
felt
fiddle
fiddle (around) with something
get to second baseidiom
graze
handle
kiss
nudge
paw
pet
physical contact
play with something
retexture
second base
tactile
tactilely
toy

Examples of pawing


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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


He did not mention that the two days were occupied in pawing into force a proposal which he had previously rejected!
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Internal pain is often indicated by pawing the ground and sweating and looking at the flanks.
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People stand like two bulls pawing at the ground, each trying to outstare the other in the hope of winning the right to speak.
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I take it that that means, without being too indelicate, that they rush about the political backwoods snorting and shaking their antlers and pawing up the earth.
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These are tom cat growls and pawing of earth.
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She is willing to try, but when a client begins pawing her she cries and gets out of the car.
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Clans mark their territories by either pasting or pawing in special latrines located on clan range boundaries.
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Certainly one gets further when one adopts pawing as well, which, after all, doesn't make a baby.
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Signs of toxicity include blisters and ulcers of the mouth, pawing, stretching, diarrhea containing bits of intestinal mucosa, hypocalcaemia, and hypomagnesemia.
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Depending on the sanctioning organization, working means barking, scratching, staring, pawing, digging; any active behavior.
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Wallaby mobs have a linear hierarchy that is determined by ritualized pawing which is non-violent.
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During the rut, males gather in open meadows, pawing the ground during antagonistic encounters.
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The hop landing phase is very active, involving a powerful backward pawing action of the right leg, with the right take-off foot landing heel first on the runway.
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Already their wild steeds are pawing the ground with impatience; already the ill-omened riders have come together and are exchanging the last words before leaping into the saddle.
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