gnaw 的 2 个定义
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.
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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.
gnaw 近义词
bite, chew
be bothered, worried about
更多gnaw例句
- 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.