| 单词 | mastication |
| 释义 | mastication (once / 14397 pages) n WORD FAMILY mastication: mastications+/masticate: masticated, masticates, masticating, mastication USAGE EXAMPLESIts eyeball fat was soft and luscious while the muscles of mastication strapped to its jaw, so impossibly tender, were soft enough to be slurped. Slate(Aug 30, 2016) In no particular order: The 3 ½ -year-aged prosciutto in the Prosciutto Panini is sliced too thick, resulting in wads of fat resistant to mastication. Washington Post(Jun 02, 2016) The result: The louder music disguised the sounds of mastication, and people in the first group ate more pretzels on average. Time(Mar 22, 2016) n biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow Syn|Hypo|Hyper chew, chewing, manduction chomping the act of chewing noisily gumming, mumblingineffectual chewing (as if without teeth) rumination(of ruminants) chewing (the cud) change of state the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics |
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