chew
英 [tʃuː]
美 [tʃuː]
v. 咀嚼; 嚼碎; (因为紧张等)咬住，不停地啃; (为尝味道)不停地咀嚼
n. 咀嚼; 口香糖; 供嚼用的烟草
现在分词：chewing 过去式：chewed 过去分词：chewed 第三人称单数：chews 复数：chews
Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.5661 / COCA.4631
同义词辨析
eatv. 吃，食用
〔辨析〕
普通用词，通常指用餐、吃东西。
〔例证〕
She is eating bread.
她正在吃面包。
I usually eat oatmeal for breakfast.
我通常吃燕麦粥当早饭。
The Chinese eat with chopsticks.
中国人用筷子吃饭。
She was eating a hamburger.
她在吃汉堡包。
We took our time and ate slowly.
我们不慌不忙地吃着。
Those sausages should be eaten within two days.
那些香肠应该在两天内吃掉。
她正在吃面包。
I usually eat oatmeal for breakfast.
我通常吃燕麦粥当早饭。
The Chinese eat with chopsticks.
中国人用筷子吃饭。
She was eating a hamburger.
她在吃汉堡包。
We took our time and ate slowly.
我们不慌不忙地吃着。
Those sausages should be eaten within two days.
那些香肠应该在两天内吃掉。
boltv. 狼吞虎咽
〔辨析〕
指匆匆吞咽食物，通常与 down 连用。
〔例证〕
He bolted down his breakfast and went to school.
他把早饭囫囵吞下，便上学去了。
Don't bolt your food down like that.
别那样狼吞虎咽地吃东西。
他把早饭囫囵吞下，便上学去了。
Don't bolt your food down like that.
别那样狼吞虎咽地吃东西。
chewv. 嚼，咀嚼
〔辨析〕
指用牙齿嚼碎食物等。
〔例证〕
It is healthy to chew food well before you swallow it.
细嚼慢咽有益于健康。
Babies like to chew on something when they're teething.
幼儿长牙时爱嚼东西。
细嚼慢咽有益于健康。
Babies like to chew on something when they're teething.
幼儿长牙时爱嚼东西。
devourv. 吞咽
〔辨析〕
指饥饿时狼吞虎咽地吃东西，强调吃得快而彻底。
〔例证〕
The boys devoured their burgers and fries.
男孩子们狼吞虎咽地吃光了汉堡和薯条。
We sat by the fireplace, devouring beef and onions.
我们坐在壁炉旁，大口大口地吃着牛肉和洋葱。
My dog will devour at least one can of food per day.
我的狗每天至少要吃掉一罐狗粮。
The boy devoured half an apple pie.
小男孩狼吞虎咽地吃下了半个苹果派。
男孩子们狼吞虎咽地吃光了汉堡和薯条。
We sat by the fireplace, devouring beef and onions.
我们坐在壁炉旁，大口大口地吃着牛肉和洋葱。
My dog will devour at least one can of food per day.
我的狗每天至少要吃掉一罐狗粮。
The boy devoured half an apple pie.
小男孩狼吞虎咽地吃下了半个苹果派。
短语动词
chew up
1. 细细咀嚼；嚼得稀烂 2. 毁坏；破坏
短语用例
chew sth↔over
- 仔细考虑；深思熟虑；详细讨论
to think about or discuss sth slowly and carefully- After the operation you may find it difficult to chew and swallow.
手术后你咀嚼和吞咽都会感到困难。 - 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。
- After the operation you may find it difficult to chew and swallow.
习惯用语
v.
- chew the fat
- （长时间）闲聊，闲扯
to have a long friendly talk with sb about sth bite off more than you can chew - 想一口吃成胖子；不自量力
to try to do too much, or sth that is too difficult
牛津词典
verb
- 咀嚼；嚼碎
to bite food into small pieces in your mouth with your teeth to make it easier to swallow- After the operation you may find it difficult to chew and swallow.
手术后你咀嚼和吞咽都会感到困难。 - 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。
- After the operation you may find it difficult to chew and swallow.
- （因为紧张等）咬住，不停地啃；（为尝味道）不停地咀嚼
to bite sth continuously, for example because you are nervous or to taste it- 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.
那只狗在一个劲地啃骨头。 - to chew your nails
啃指甲
- Rosa chewed on her lip and stared at the floor.
noun
- 咀嚼
an act of chewing sth - 口香糖
a type of sweet/candy that you chew - 供嚼用的烟草
a piece of tobacco that you chew
柯林斯词典
- VERB 咀嚼;嚼(碎)
When youchewfood, you use your teeth to break it up in your mouth so that it becomes easier to swallow.- 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
- Be certain to eat slowly and chew your food extremely well...
- VERB 嚼(口香糖、烟草)
If youchewgum or tobacco, you keep biting it and moving it around your mouth to taste the flavour of it. You do not swallow it.- 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。
- One girl was chewing gum...
- VERB (因为紧张)咬(嘴唇、指甲)
If youchewyour lips or your fingernails, you keep biting them because you are nervous.- He chewed his lower lip nervously.
他紧张地咬着下嘴唇。
- He chewed his lower lip nervously.
- VERB (人或动物)咬，啃
If a person or animalchewsan object, they bite it with their teeth.- 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。
- They pause and chew their pencils...
- N-COUNT 口嚼糖
Achewis a sweet that you have to chew very hard before it becomes soft.- ...a selection of penny chews.
各式各样可供选择的便宜口嚼糖
- ...a selection of penny chews.
- PHRASE 试图承担力不能及的事
If you say that someonehas bitten off more thantheycan chew, you mean that they are trying to do something which is too difficult for them.- 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。
- Micky is used to handling dodgy deals but this time fears he may have bitten off more than he can chew.
- PHR-RECIP 闲聊;闲扯
If peoplechew the fat, they talk in a relaxed, informal way.- 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。
- We'd been lounging around, chewing the fat for a couple of hours.
- tochew the cud→ see:cud
英英释义
noun
- biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
- a wad of something chewable as tobacco
verb
- chew (food)
- He jawed his bubble gum
- Chew your food and don't swallow it!
- The cows were masticating the grass
双语例句
- Americans like to chew gum.
美国人喜欢嚼口香糖。 - In trying to build a house by himself, he had bitten off more than he could chew.
他曾经试图独立造屋是不自量力的。 - His broken jaw made it impossible for him to chew.
他的颌裂了，不能嚼东西了。 - All you had to do was chew, swallow and pay.
而你所要做的只是咀嚼、吞咽和付账。 - 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。 - You must always chew the thing carefully.
那东西必须细嚼。 - He was biting off more than he could chew when he offered to finish proof-reading the book in a couple of hours.
他提出他可以在两三个小时内校完这本书，真有点不自量力。 - He chewed his lower lip nervously.
他紧张地咬着下嘴唇。 - The greens are full of fibres that you can't chew.
这菜筋多嚼不烂。 - He chews tobacco constantly.
他不停地嚼烟草。