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gnaw

/naw/US // nɔ //UK // (nɔː) //

啃咬,啃噬,啃食,啃

Related Words

nibble啃咬,啃食,啃,镊子eat吃,食,吃了,吃东西chomp啃咬,咬咬牙,咬牙切齿,啃食annoy恼人的,烦人,烦人的,烦人的事bedevil祸害,祸起萧墙,祸患,祸不单行nag唠叨,唠唠叨叨,叨叨irritate刺激性,刺激,恼人的,烦人haunt困扰,闹事,困扰人们的问题,困扰人们的是crunch紧缩,缩紧,紧缩性,紧缩的erode冲蚀,侵蚀,腐蚀,蚀consume消耗,消费,消耗掉,消耗的munch小吃,紧缩,啃食,啃咬gum胶水,胶类,胶质,胶片corrode锈蚀,腐蚀,侵蚀,腐蚀性devour吞噬,吞食,吞吃,吞噬了masticate咀嚼,咀嚼式,嚼碎,咬嚼wear穿着,磨损,穿戴,磨损程度champ冠军,锦标赛,榜样,榜样人物chaw混乱,混乱的,混乱不堪,混乱中distress苦恼,危难,痛苦,困扰

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    gnawed, gnawed or gnawn, gnaw·ing.

    • : to bite or chew on, especially persistently.
    • : to wear away or remove by persistent biting or nibbling.
    • : to form or make by so doing: to gnaw a hole through the wall.
    • : to waste or wear away; corrode; erode.
    • : to trouble or torment by constant annoyance, worry, etc.; vex; plague.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    gnawed, gnawed or gnawn, gnaw·ing.

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

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbbite, chew
Forms: gnawing
Synonyms
chomp啃咬,咬咬牙,咬牙切齿,啃食eat吃,食,吃了,吃东西nibble啃咬,啃食,啃,镊子champ冠军,锦标赛,榜样,榜样人物chaw混乱,混乱的,混乱不堪,混乱中consume消耗,消费,消耗掉,消耗的corrode锈蚀,腐蚀,侵蚀,腐蚀性crunch紧缩,缩紧,紧缩性,紧缩的devour吞噬,吞食,吞吃,吞噬了erode冲蚀,侵蚀,腐蚀,蚀gum胶水,胶类,胶质,胶片masticate咀嚼,咀嚼式,嚼碎,咬嚼munch小吃,紧缩,啃食,啃咬wear穿着,磨损,穿戴,磨损程度eat away吃掉,吃掉了,吃了,吃光
verbbe bothered, worried about
Forms: gnawing
Synonyms
annoy恼人的,烦人,烦人的,烦人的事bedevil祸害,祸起萧墙,祸患,祸不单行haunt困扰,闹事,困扰人们的问题,困扰人们的是irritate刺激性,刺激,恼人的,烦人nag唠叨,唠唠叨叨,叨叨distress苦恼,危难,痛苦,困扰fret烦人,烦躁不安的人,烦躁不安,烦恼harass骚扰,扰乱,骚扰他人,骚扰别人harry哈里,哈瑞,哈丽,海瑞pester纠缠,纠缠不休,纠缠不清,缠扰plague霍乱,瘟疫,困扰,大灾rankle排名,排名靠前,级别,排名靠后tease挑逗,取笑,逗弄,逗趣trouble麻烦,麻烦的事,烦恼,困难beleague困扰,困境,混乱,争吵eat at吃在,食在,吃于,在prey on one's mind捕风捉影,掠夺人心,敌我矛盾wear down磨损,消磨,消磨掉,磨灭

Examples

  • For many dogs, gnawing on things seems to help distract them.

  • These are the kinds of questions that have gnawed at me throughout my 25 years in the tech industry.

  • What he’d “lost” by not hanging on as South Sea shares approached £1,000 gnawed at him.

  • The rodents gnaw down trees to create lodges and dams, and dig channels for transporting their logs to the dams.

  • I think we’ve been greatly underplaying the chronic, gnawing anxiety we’ve had to keep at bay to function.

  • In the end, the ethical implications of using a drug to pull statements from otherwise unwilling people began to gnaw.

  • Stanley Crouch on why there are so many predators “looking for some high-profile black female meat to give the gnaw.”

  • For three generations it's been a sort of a gnaw-bone, to be dug up and chewed on when there's nothing else.

  • Then she lay down again, chuckling softly as she did when the mouse escaped, even though it was to gnaw her cheese.

  • I began to gnaw it and play with it, and when Ned called out, "fetch it," I dropped it and ran toward him.

  • I know I am only the mouse, but I could gnaw through very strong cords.

  • The animals stand in a group, and the mules gnaw at the frozen dung of former visitors.

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