manducate

vt.<罕> 咀嚼, 吃

词形变化

manducated manducates 三单 manducates manducating manducating 现在分词 manducated 过去式 manducated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To chew (something); to masticate.

    文学 及物
  2. 2.

    To eat (something).

    文学 及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

chew jaw masticate

上位词 2

grind grate

下位词 8

gum champ crunch munch mumble gnaw chomp chaw

词源

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin mandūcātus, perfect passive participle of to chew, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French manger.

来源：wiktionary