gnaw / nɔ /

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gnaw2 个定义

v. 有主动词 verb

gnawed, gnawed or gnawn, gnaw·ing.

  1. to bite or chew on, especially persistently.
  2. to wear away or remove by persistent biting or nibbling.
  3. to form or make by so doing: to gnaw a hole through the wall.
v. 无主动词 verb

gnawed, gnawed or gnawn, gnaw·ing.

  1. to bite or chew persistently: The spaniel gnawed happily on a bone.
  2. to cause corrosion: The acid gnaws at the metal.
  3. to cause an effect resembling corrosion: Her mistake gnawed at her conscience.

gnaw 近义词

v. 动词 verb

bite, chew

v. 动词 verb

be bothered, worried about

更多gnaw例句

  1. For many dogs, gnawing on things seems to help distract them.
  2. These are the kinds of questions that have gnawed at me throughout my 25 years in the tech industry.
  3. What he’d “lost” by not hanging on as South Sea shares approached £1,000 gnawed at him.
  4. The rodents gnaw down trees to create lodges and dams, and dig channels for transporting their logs to the dams.
  5. I think we’ve been greatly underplaying the chronic, gnawing anxiety we’ve had to keep at bay to function.
  6. In the end, the ethical implications of using a drug to pull statements from otherwise unwilling people began to gnaw.
  7. Stanley Crouch on why there are so many predators “looking for some high-profile black female meat to give the gnaw.”
  8. For three generations it's been a sort of a gnaw-bone, to be dug up and chewed on when there's nothing else.
  9. Then she lay down again, chuckling softly as she did when the mouse escaped, even though it was to gnaw her cheese.
  10. I began to gnaw it and play with it, and when Ned called out, "fetch it," I dropped it and ran toward him.
  11. I know I am only the mouse, but I could gnaw through very strong cords.
  12. The animals stand in a group, and the mules gnaw at the frozen dung of former visitors.