chewing

1. 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.
   1. Be certain to eat slowly and chew your food extremely well...
      一定要慢慢吃，要细细咀嚼。
   2. 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。
   3. ...the sound of his mother chewing and swallowing.
      他妈妈咀嚼、吞咽的声音
2. 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.
   1. One girl was chewing gum...
      一个女孩在嚼口香糖。
   2. He chews tobacco constantly.
      他不停地嚼烟草。
3. 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.
   1. He chewed his lower lip nervously.
      他紧张地咬着下嘴唇。
4. VERB (人或动物)咬，啃
   If a person or animal chews an object, they bite it with their teeth.
   1. They pause and chew their pencils...
      他们停了下来，咬着铅笔。
   2. 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。
5. N-COUNT 口嚼糖
   A chew is a sweet that you have to chew very hard before it becomes soft.
   1. ...a selection of penny chews.
      各式各样可供选择的便宜口嚼糖
6. 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.
   1. 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。
7. PHR-RECIP 闲聊;闲扯
   If people chew the fat, they talk in a relaxed, informal way.
   1. 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。
8. to chew the cud → see: cud

1. 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。
2. One girl was chewing gum
   一个女孩在嚼口香糖。
3. 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。
4. This town is notorious for chewing people up and spitting them out.
   这个城市恶名昭彰，它把人作践了，然后抛弃掉。
5. They stopped up leaks with chewing gum.
   他们用口香糖粘住了漏缝。
6. I've tried everything from herbal cigarettes to chewing gum
   中草药香烟、口香糖之类的我统统都试过了。
7. Let's stop chewing the fat and get down to work.
   让我们停止聊天儿，着手工作吧。
8. He spent much time collecting facts and chewing them over before coming to a conclusion.
   为了得出结论，他花了很多时间收集事实并对这些事实进行仔细考虑。
9. He sat by the pond chewing the cud of the criticisms coming from his manager.
   他坐在池塘旁边，仔细玩味着经理对他的批评。
10. I saw them sitting round the fire, chewing the rag.
    我看见他们坐在火炉旁聊天呢。
11. Here's the deal. Chewing gum with Xylitol is actually incredible for your teeth, why?
    是这样的，口香糖和木糖醇对你的牙齿有着绝妙的好处，为什么呢？
12. I stared at Grandmother and stopped chewing for a moment.
    我凝视着奶奶，暂时停止了咀嚼。
13. The chewing surfaces of back teeth are rough and uneven because they have small pits and grooves.
    后磨牙的咀嚼面是粗糙和不平的，因为它们有小的凹陷和沟槽。
14. I am not talking to you. I am chewing bubblegum.
    我没有和你说话，我在嚼泡泡糖。
15. Chewing gum can assist your concentration.
    吃口香糖可以帮助你注意力集中。
16. Sucking or chewing on the chopsticks is considered poor manners.
    吸吮或咀嚼对筷子被认为是态度恶劣。
17. In this paper, the formulation and processing technology of anti-halitosis functional chewing gum were studied.
    本文对新型除口臭口香糖的配方和加工工艺进行了研究；
18. This will keep them from chewing and digging.
    这将让他们从咀嚼和挖掘。
19. It has to convey the ills of tobacco smoking and chewing.
    它必须传达吸烟和嚼烟导致的疾病。
20. He covertly removed the chewing gum from my hem.
    他偷偷地拿掉了粘在我衣摆上的口香糖。
21. Also the child did vomit after chewing on the belt.
    而且，孩子咀嚼安全带以后吐出来了。
22. Chewing too fast and drinking through a straw can cause you to swallow too much air.
    太快地咀嚼和通过吸管喝水可以导致你吞下过多的空气。
23. Chewing gum makes you salivate if your mouth is dry and causing bad breath.
    如果你感到口干和有口臭时，嚼口香糖可促使唾液的分泌。
24. It's impolite to talk to others while you are chewing gum.
    一边嚼口香糖一边和人交谈是不礼貌的。
25. The girl parked her chewing gum on the back of the telephone.
    那姑娘把她的口香糖放在了电话机的背面。
26. Lennie stopped chewing and swallowed.
    伦尼停止咀嚼，囫囵咽了下去。
27. B: That's why I make do with chewing gum when I feel like smoking.
    这就是为什么当我想抽烟时我就用口香糖代替的原因。
28. Half the pictures I've seen her in, she's chewing gum.
    我已经看了她一半的照片，都在嚼口香糖。
29. I collected tobacco tins and the empty containers of cigarettes and chewing tobacco.
    我还搜集到烟草罐子、空的香烟器皿和嚼烟。
30. However, raw fruit and vegetables, and meat, demand more chewing.
    然而，新鲜水果、蔬菜和肉类需要更多的咀嚼。

noun

1. biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow

   Synonym:    chewmasticationmanduction