| 单词 | chewing-gum |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschewing-gum chewing-gum n. originally U.S. the hardened secretion of the spruce-tree, or other insoluble substance, chewed, after the manner of tobacco, by boys and girls. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > chewing- or bubble-gum gum1842 chewing-gum1850 gum ball1855 Tutti Frutti1885 chicle1889 bubblegum1911 spearmint1920 chewy1921 chutty1941 chuggy1994 spoggy1999 1850 Chicago Daily Democrat 25 Oct. Chewing gum! A new and superior preparation of Spruce Gum. 1864 Yale Literary Mag. 29 293 Burgundy pitch, two chaws for a cent, Chewing gum, cent a stick. 1871 ‘M. Twain’ Sketches New & Old Your little brother's ‘chawing gum’. 1882 Chicago Advance 6 Apr. 219 They are the ‘chewing-gum of literature, offering neither savor nor nutriment, only subserving the mechanical process of mastication’. 1883 St. James's Gaz. 16 Nov. Petroleum [is used]..to make the substance known as ‘chewing-gum’. 1949 Economist 5 Nov. 996/2 The Soviet delegate..accused the United States of giving exports of chewing gum priority. < as lemmas |
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