chew, bite, gnaw, nibble, snap
这几个词都有“咬,嚼”的意思。它们的区别在于:bite 是“咬”,即用牙钳住或切断; chew 是“嚼”,即用牙磨碎; gnaw是“啃”,即不断啮咬,例如:
The dog was gnawing a bone.狗在啃骨头。
He was gnawing at his fingernails.他在咬指甲。
snap 是突然猛咬,例如:
The dog jumped and snapped at his throat.那条狗跳起来猛咬他的喉咙。
nibble 是“小口地啮咬”。
例如:She nibbled at the biscuit.她一点点地咬饼干。
bite，chew，gnaw，snap
这些动词都含有“咬、啃”之意。
bite指用牙齿钳住或切断，或咬一口。
chew指用牙磨碎。
gnaw指连续不断用齿咬。
snap指突然猛咬。
Every spring the ozone is chewed up, and the hole appears.
每年春天，臭氧遭到破坏，空洞就出现了。
柯林斯例句
He chewed out the player, who apologized the next time I saw him.
他训斥了那个球员，我再次看见那个球员时，他道了歉。
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The policeman chewed out the driver for reckless driving.
那位司机因为开车莽撞,被警察狠狠批评了一顿.
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The dog chewed up the meat.
狗细嚼这块肉.
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When Tom got back to Dallas, Perot called him over and chewed him out.
汤姆回到达拉斯时，佩罗把他叫过去，骂了他一顿。
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They have chewed away two hours.
他们吃了一两个小时.
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I took one of the pills and chewed it up.
我拿起一粒药丸，把它嚼碎。
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The uncivilized guest chewed with his mouth open.
举止粗鲁的客人张着嘴巴咀嚼着.
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Gretchen chewed energetically on the gristled steak.
格蕾琴费劲地嚼着那块带软骨的牛排。
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The chief really chewed him up yesterday because of what he did.
主任昨天因他所做的事而狠狠申斥了他.
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The boy chewed up the book.
这男孩弄坏了那本书.
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He chewed his lower lip nervously.
他紧张地咬着下嘴唇。
柯林斯例句
Goldstone chewed over the idea further.
戈德斯通进一步考虑了这个问题。
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He chewed the stem of his pipe and eyed her sceptically.
他嘴里衔着烟斗柄，满腹狐疑地打量着她。
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The rats have chewed away some of the woodwork.
老鼠啃坏了一些木制品.
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