| 单词 | gnash |
| 释义 | gnash (once / 3603 pages) v To gnash is to rub or grind your teeth together. A suspicious guard dog might growl and gnash its teeth. When you angrily grit your teeth, you can say you gnash them. People almost always gnash their teeth from anger or frustration, or in a display of ferocity. A terrible ogre in a fairy tale might gnash his teeth, and your furious school bus driver might gnash her teeth at the ruckus her passengers are making. Gnash is a Middle English variation on gnasten, "grind the teeth together," from Old Norse gnasta, "gnash the teeth." WORD FAMILYgnash: gnashed, gnashes, gnashing USAGE EXAMPLESWhen I spoke with him last week, Mr. Kiernan did not sound like a man gnashing his teeth about the impending Trump era. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The culture does not wail and gnash its teeth over civilian deaths, if those deaths advance the needs of Mother Russia. Washington Times(Dec 15, 2016) “Yes. Weeping and gnashing of teeth, and then they find other things to do.” New York Times(Nov 19, 2016) v grind together, of teeth Hyper grate, grind make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together |
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