VERB 咀嚼;嚼(碎) When you chew food, 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
VERB 嚼(口香糖、烟草) If you chew gum 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。
VERB (因为紧张)咬(嘴唇、指甲) If you chew your 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。
VERB (人或动物)咬,啃 If a person or animal chews an 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。
N-COUNT 口嚼糖 A chew is 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
PHRASE 试图承担力不能及的事 If you say that someone has bitten off more than they can 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。
PHR-RECIP 闲聊;闲扯 If people chew 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。
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。
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。
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。
Goldstone chewed over the idea further. 戈德斯通进一步考虑了这个问题。
I took one of the pills and chewed it up. 我拿起一粒药丸,把它嚼碎。
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。
Polly took a bite of the apple, chewed and swallowed. 波利咬了一口苹果,嚼了嚼咽了下去。
He chewed at the end of his pencil, thinking out the next problem. 他咬着铅笔头,仔细思考着下一道题。
They have chewed away two hours. 他们吃了一两个小时。
Men will risk their lives in search of success and fame; yet once they have them, the taste is no better than chewed tallow. 世人见了功名,便舍着性命去求他,及至到手之后,味同嚼蜡。(《儒林外史》)
The chief really chewed us up yesterday because of what we did. 主任因我们所做的事而狠狠申斥了我们。
They have chewed the problem over for hours and hope to reach a decision soon. 他们用几个小时充分讨论了这个问题,希望很快能作出这个决定。
The machine chewed up the paper. 机器弄坏了纸。
The rats have chewed away some of the woodwork. 老鼠啃坏了一些木器。
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。
The sergeant chewed out the recruits as soon as they arrived. 新兵们一到,那上士就把他们臭骂一顿。
The boy chewed up the book. 这男孩弄坏了那本书。
The cat chewed up the rat. 猫细嚼一只老鼠。
He chewed some chips of cheese. 他咀嚼了一些奶酪的碎片。
I heard the sheriff chewed you a new one. 我听说警长把你当成了新人。
When I got back to the office, my boss chewed me out. 当我回到办公室我的老板狠狠地批评了我。
The puppy chewed a hole in the slipper. 小狗在拖鞋上啃了一个洞。
Some few books are to be chewed and digested. 有少数书是应当咀嚼和消化的。
She chewed the rag at me the whole day. I really got fed up with that. 她整天没完没了地对我唠叨。我真听够了。
Yes, I have chewed bubble gum./ No, I have not chewed bubble gum. 是的,我嚼过口香糖。/不,我没有嚼过口香糖。
Then the following week I chewed gum and sucked on mints, candy, and pipe stems. 在接着的第三个星期里,我试着嚼口香糖和薄荷糖,当然还有烟斗杆。
Terry chewed two chewy cherries. 杰瑞嚼了两个耐嚼的樱桃。
I'm thinking she chewed it after. 我想她是之后才咀嚼它的。
The dog chewed up my best pair of shoes. 狗咬坏了我最好的一双鞋。