释义 |
chawing, vbl. n. (now vulgar).|ˈtʃɔːɪŋ| [f. chaw v. + -ing1.] Chewing (e.g. tobacco); fig. ‘rumination’. Also attrib.
c1535G. Du Wes Introd. Fr. in Palsgr. 903 The chawyng, le macer. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Remaschement, a chawing of the cudde. 1693W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. 328 A chewing or chawing. 1845Whitehall xix. 128 'Tis an observation for your chawing. |