gnaw
英 [nɔ:] 美 [nɔ]

vt.& vi.

咬，啮；使苦恼，折磨；侵蚀；使腐蚀

vi.

咬；折磨；侵蚀；

变形

过去式：gnawed过去分词：gnawedgnawn现在分词：gnawing第三人称单数：gnaws

英英释义

gnaw[ nɔ: ]

• v.
  • bite or chew on with the teeth

    "gnaw an old cracker"

  • become ground down or deteriorate

    同义词：erodegnaw ateat atwear away

词组短语

gnaw at啃，咬；侵蚀

同近义词辨析

bite, snap, gnaw, chew

这组词都有“咬、啃”的意思，其区别是：

bite指用牙齿钳住或切断，或咬一口。

snap指突然猛咬。

gnaw指连续不断用齿咬。

chew指用牙磨碎。

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

1. Rats gnawed off the lid of the box.
   老鼠咬开了盒盖。
2. The rat gnawed a hole through the wall.
   耗子在墙上啃了一个洞。
3. These desires gnawed away at us constantly.
   这些欲望不断地折磨我们。
4. Self-doubt began to gnaw away at her confidence.
   对自己的怀疑渐渐吞噬了她的自信心。

权威例句

A Guide for Differentiating Mammalian Carnivore Taxa Responsible for Gnaw Damage to Herbivore Limb Bones
Gnaw marks on Eocene seeds: evidence for early rodent behaviour
Gnaw resistant animal watering bottle
Anthropological analysis of extensive rodent gnaw marks on a human skull using post-mortem multislice computed tomography (pmMSCT)
"Gnaw warts"
Habituation of electrically induced readiness to gnaw
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Waste shells of mollusk and egg as biodiesel production catalysts
Hydrogen production from dimethyl ether steam reforming over composite catalysts of copper ferrite spinel and alumina