gnawed 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.
gnawed 近义词
bite, chew
be bothered, worried about
更多gnawed例句
- Gellhorn was the better journalist and war correspondent, a fact that gnawed at Hemingway.
- Even at the most courageous and daring moments of his service in the desert, Lawrence was gnawed by these doubts.
- It was the remnant of a once lofty barrier; the waters had, as it were, gnawed it to the bone, but they had not destroyed it.
- "Perhaps Fane will recite to us his discovery," said Mr. Cray, scratching his scurfy head with the gnawed end of a penholder.
- Still she stood silent and almost motionless, but her teeth gnawed at her white lips as if to bite them through.
- Oh, but how the ragged tooth of calumny gnawed his very heart!
- Since the man had done so signal a service for Joyce, jealousy gnawed at his heart.