gnaw

C1 大学 FREQ #31862 ★☆☆☆☆

v. 咬, 啃, 侵蚀, 消耗, 折磨

发音

UK /nɔː/
US /nɔ/
/nɑ/

词形变化

gnaws 复数 gnawed gnawest gnaweth gnawing gnawn gnaws 三单 gnaws gnew gnawing 现在分词 gnawed 过去式 gnew 过去式 gnawed 过去分词 gnew 过去分词 gnawn 过去式 gnawn 过去分词

别名

knaw

教材释义与例句

动词

咬；折磨；侵蚀

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of gnawing.

    have a gnaw of a bone

v. C1
  1. 1.

    To bite something persistently, especially something tough.

    啃

    咬

    噬

    及物/不及物

    The dog gnawed the bone until it broke in two.

  2. 2.

    To produce excessive anxiety or worry.

    不及物

    Her comment gnawed at me all day and I couldn't think about anything else.

  3. 3.

    To corrode; to fret away; to waste.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

erode wear away

上位词 8

bite chew jaw decay crumble dilapidate manducate masticate

相关短语

gnaw someone's vitals

词源

From Middle English gnawen, gnaȝen, from Old English gnagan, from Proto-West Germanic *gnagan, from Proto-Germanic *gnaganą (“to gnaw”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *gʰnēgʰ- (“to gnaw, scratch”). Cognate with Dutch knagen, German nagen, Danish gnave (“to gnaw”), Norwegian Bokmål gnage, Norwegian Nynorsk gnaga, Swedish gnaga.

来源：wiktionary