[VERB 动词]咀嚼;嚼(碎) When you chew food, you use your teeth to break it up in your mouth so that it becomes easier to swallow.
[V n]
[V at/on n]
[V]
Be certain to eat slowly and chew your food extremely well...
一定要慢慢吃,要细细咀嚼。
Daniel leaned back on the sofa, still chewing on his apple.
丹尼尔倚在沙发上,嘴里还在嚼着苹果。
...the sound of his mother chewing and swallowing.
他妈妈咀嚼、吞咽的声音
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[VERB 动词]嚼(口香糖、烟草) If you chew gum or tobacco, you keep biting it and moving it around your mouth to taste the flavour of it. You do not swallow it.
[V n]
One girl was chewing gum...
一个女孩在嚼口香糖。
He chews tobacco constantly.
他不停地嚼烟草。
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[VERB 动词](因为紧张)咬(嘴唇、指甲) If you chew your lips or your fingernails, you keep biting them because you are nervous.
[V n]
He chewed his lower lip nervously.
他紧张地咬着下嘴唇。
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[VERB 动词](人或动物)咬,啃 If a person or animal chews an object, they bite it with their teeth.
[V n]
[V prep]
They pause and chew their pencils...
他们停了下来,咬着铅笔。
One owner left his pet under the stairs where the animal chewed through electric cables.
有个人把宠物放在楼梯下面,结果它在那儿把电线咬断了。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]口嚼糖 A chew is a sweet that you have to chew very hard before it becomes soft.
[BRIT 英]
...a selection of penny chews.
各式各样可供选择的便宜口嚼糖
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[PHRASE 短语]试图承担力不能及的事 If you say that someone has bitten off more than they can chew, you mean that they are trying to do something which is too difficult for them.
[bite inflects]
Micky is used to handling dodgy deals but this time fears he may have bitten off more than he can chew.
米基本来是善于处理棘手交易的,可是这回他可能会力有不逮。
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[PHR-RECIP 相互短语]闲聊;闲扯 If people chew the fat, they talk in a relaxed, informal way.
[V inflects]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
We'd been lounging around, chewing the fat for a couple of hours.
我们东游西逛,瞎扯了两三个钟头。
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to chew the cud→see:
cud
;
相关词组:
chew out
chew over
chew up
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chew★/tʃuː; NAmEtʃuː/
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chewchewschewedchewingverb★1★[intransitive , transitive ]to bite food into small pieces in your mouth with your teeth to make it easier to swallow 咀嚼;嚼碎chew(at/on/through sth) ◆After the operation you may find it difficult to chew and swallow.手术后你咀嚼和吞咽可能会感到困难。chewsth (up) ◆teeth designed for chewing meat用于咀嚼肉食的牙齿◆He is always chewing gum.他总是在嚼口香糖。2[intransitive , transitive ]to bite sth continuously, for example because you are nervous or to taste it (因为紧张等)咬住,不停地啃;(为尝味道)不停地咀嚼chewon sth ◆Rosa chewed on her lip and stared at the floor.罗莎咬着嘴唇,眼睛盯着地板。◆The dog was chewing on a bone.那只狗在一个劲儿地啃骨头。chewsth ◆to chew your nails啃指甲IDIOMˌchew the ˈfat( informal) to have a long friendly talk with sb about sth (长时间)闲聊,闲扯☞more at
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v.PHRASAL VERBSˌchew sb ˈout( NAmE) ( informal) to tell sb angrily that you do not approve of their actions 气愤地骂(某人)◆He got chewed out by the boss for lying.他因说谎遭到老板的痛骂。ˌchew sth↔ˈoverto think about or discuss sth slowly and carefully 仔细考虑;深思熟虑;详细讨论noun1an act of chewing sth 咀嚼2a type of sweet/candy that you chew 口香糖3a piece of tobaccothat you chew 供嚼用的烟草chew/tʃuː; NAmEtʃuː/
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chewchew1 /tʃuː/ ●●●S2 verb
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1[intransitive, transitive] to bite food several times before swallowing it: This meat’s so tough I can hardly chew it!chew at/on a dog chewing on a bone► see thesaurus at
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2[intransitive, transitive] to bite something continuously in order to taste it or because you are nervouschew on We gave the dog an old shoe to chew on.chew your lip/nailschew gum/tobacco3chew the cud if a cow or sheep chews the cud, it keeps biting on food it has brought up from its stomach4chew the fat informal to have a long friendly conversation → bite off more than you can chew
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chew on phrasal verbinformal to think carefully about something for a period of timechew out phrasal verb American English informalto talk angrily to someone in order to show them that you disapprove of what they have done: John couldn’t get the guy to cooperate and so I had to call and chew him out.chew over phrasal verbto think carefully about something for a period of time: Let me chew it over for a few days.chew up phrasal verb1to damage or destroy something by tearing it into small pieces: Be careful if you use that video recorder. It tends to chew tapes up.2to bite something many times with your teeth so that you can make it smaller or softer and swallow it: The dog’s chewed up my slippers again.
chew1 verb
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chewchew2 noun [countable]
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1the act of biting something many times with your teeth2a sweet that you chew3a piece of tobacco that you chew but do not swallow
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