英语词汇“gnaw”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

gnaw

/nɔː

verb [no object]

1Bite at or nibble something persistently: watching a dog gnaw at a big bone...

Never the same place twice. Once when he seemed almost awake, I asked him if he was worried about having his face gnawed on by the rat, but there was no answer, just a sort of grunt.
Who hasn't chewed on gummy bears or gnawed on licorice candy?
Now she takes you on a harrowing true life journey from childhood neglect so bad she gnawed at dog bones for nourishment.

Synonyms

chew, bite, nibble, munch, crunch, champ, chomp, masticate;

worry, tear

rare manducate, chumble

1.1 [with object and adverbial] Bite at or nibble (something) so as to wear it away: the grubs tunnel into the wood and gnaw it away...

Kellie, 14, bought herself a ring, and she says wearing it keeps her from gnawing her nails.
As a rule, newscasts close with a brief on some animal with extraordinary skills - that day's feature was a parrot that gnaws sugar cane and nibbles at melon seeds.
I drove forward to the entrance and gnawed my fingernails until a man parallel to me on the left honked and waved at me to go, forfeiting his turn through the intersection.

Synonyms

erode, wear away, wear down, eat away (at), chip away (at), bite into, corrode, consume, devour

rare fret

2Cause persistent distress or anxiety: the doubts continued to gnaw at me...

It takes root, festers, begins to gnaw at my soul.
He had never known words could hurt this much, that they could gnaw at him, cause so much pain.
But it's a challenge he does not intend to repeat because of the hours of training which have to be devoted to building up stamina - although he did admit on Tuesday that the thought of beating his time was beginning to gnaw at him.

Synonyms

prey on someone's mind, nag, plague, torment, torture, trouble, distress, worry, haunt, oppress, weigh heavily on someone's mind, be a weight on someone's mind, burden, hang over, harry, bother, exercise, fret;

niggle, rankle with;

fester

persistent, nagging, niggling, lingering, constant, continual, unrelenting, unabating;

worrying, worrisome, troubling, concerning, disturbing

Origin

Old English gnagen, of Germanic origin; related to German nagen, ultimately imitative.

单词	gnaw
释义	gnaw /nɔː / verb [no object] 1Bite at or nibble something persistently: watching a dog gnaw at* a big bone... Never the same place twice. Once when he seemed almost awake, I asked him if he was worried about having his face gnawed on by the rat, but there was no answer, just a sort of grunt. Who hasn't chewed on gummy bears or gnawed on licorice candy? Now she takes you on a harrowing true life journey from childhood neglect so bad she gnawed at dog bones for nourishment. Synonyms chew, bite, nibble, munch, crunch, champ, chomp, masticate; worry, tear rare* manducate, chumble 1.1 [with object and adverbial] Bite at or nibble (something) so as to wear it away: the grubs tunnel into the wood and gnaw it away... Kellie, 14, bought herself a ring, and she says wearing it keeps her from gnawing her nails. As a rule, newscasts close with a brief on some animal with extraordinary skills - that day's feature was a parrot that gnaws sugar cane and nibbles at melon seeds. I drove forward to the entrance and gnawed my fingernails until a man parallel to me on the left honked and waved at me to go, forfeiting his turn through the intersection. Synonyms erode, wear away, wear down, eat away (at), chip away (at), bite into, corrode, consume, devour rare fret 2Cause persistent distress or anxiety: the doubts continued to gnaw at* me... It takes root, festers, begins to gnaw at my soul. He had never known words could hurt this much, that they could gnaw at him, cause so much pain. But it's a challenge he does not intend to repeat because of the hours of training which have to be devoted to building up stamina - although he did admit on Tuesday that the thought of beating his time was beginning to gnaw at him. Synonyms prey on someone's mind, nag, plague, torment, torture, trouble, distress, worry, haunt, oppress, weigh heavily on someone's mind, be a weight on someone's mind, burden, hang over, harry, bother, exercise, fret; niggle, rankle with; fester persistent, nagging, niggling, lingering, constant, continual, unrelenting, unabating; worrying, worrisome, troubling, concerning, disturbing Origin Old English gnagen, of Germanic origin; related to German nagen*, ultimately imitative. Rhymes abhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your
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