中英互译
gnaw
英 /nɔː/美 /nɔː/
基本释义
- vt.咬;折磨;侵蚀
- vi.咬;折磨;侵蚀
第三人称单数gnaws
现在分词gnawing
过去式gnawed
过去分词gnawed
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双语例句
- I am condemned to gnaw!我非咬不可!
- I think eventually that question would gnaw at you and sour and override the pleasure.我想最终这个问题会折磨你,让你失望,让你放弃快乐。
- It will also gnaw at Mr Summers, who leaves his job of repairing the economy unfinished.它也会折磨萨默斯,因为他的经济修复工作尚未完成。
相关短语
- gnaw at啃,咬;侵蚀
- gnaw at侵蚀;啃
- gnaw off咬去
- gnaw away咬去
- Gnaw Seedcases啃果皮
- gnaw into啃;侵蚀
词语扩展
词义分布
啃
68.4%
咬
21.1%
折磨
10.5%
英英释义
- v.bite or chew on with the teeth
- v.become ground down or deteriorate
词源
- gnaw来自古英语gnagan, 来自原始日耳曼语*gnaganą. 同源于荷兰语knagen, 德语nagen, 瑞典语gnaga. 可能来自原始印欧语*knewe-("to scratch or scrape")
- gnaw咬拟声词,咬东西的声音。
- gnawFrom Middle English gnawen, gnaȝen, from Old English gnagan, from Proto-Germanic *gnaganą. Cognate with Dutch knagen, German nagen, Swedish gnaga. Probably from Proto-Indo-European *knewe- (“to scratch or scrape”)