| 单词 | eating away |
| 释义 | eating away (once / 32118 pages) n WORD FAMILY eat away: ate away, eaten away, eating away, eats away USAGE EXAMPLESThe worry is that changing fashion trends and intensifying competition are eating away at Nike’s global dominance. Wall Street Journal(Dec 19, 2016) Money troubles are eating away at one of the few ties that bind us: regional and local newspapers. Washington Post(Dec 18, 2016) President Obama also talked about the presence of racial issues and the reality of climate change causing flooding and eating away at shorelines. Salon(Dec 13, 2016) n (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) Syn|Hypo|Hyper eroding, erosion, wearing, wearing away chatter mark marks on a glaciated rock caused by the movement of a glacier ablationthe erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detritionerosion by friction beach erosionthe erosion of beaches deflation(geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind planationthe process of erosion whereby a level surface is produced soil erosionthe washing away of soil by the flow of water wash, washoutthe erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway) geologic process, geological process (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified |
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