gnaw

verb

1. 咬；啃；啮
   to keep biting sth or chewing it hard, so that it gradually disappears
   1. The dog was gnawing a bone.
      那狗在啃骨头。
   2. Rats had gnawed through the cable.
      老鼠把电缆咬断了。
   3. She gnawed at her fingernails.
      她咬手指甲。
   4. Self-doubt began to gnaw away at her confidence.
      对自己的怀疑渐渐吞噬了她的自信心。

1. VERB 咬；啃；啮
   If people or animals gnaw something or gnaw at it, they bite it repeatedly.
   1. Woodlice attack living plants and gnaw at the stems...
      木虱会侵害活体植物并啃咬它们的茎。
   2. Melanie gnawed a long, painted fingernail.
      梅拉妮咬着涂过指甲油的长指甲。
2. VERB 折磨；使不安
   If a feeling or thought gnaws at you, it causes you to keep worrying.
   1. Doubts were already gnawing away at the back of his mind...
      心底的疑团已经开始困扰他。
   2. Mary Ann's exhilaration gave way to gnawing fear.
      玛丽·安从欣喜若狂变得忧惧不安。

1. Woodlice attack living plants and gnaw at the stems
   木虱会侵害活体植物并啃咬它们的茎。
2. Melanie gnawed a long, painted fingernail.
   梅拉妮咬着涂过指甲油的长指甲。
3. Doubts were already gnawing away at the back of his mind
   心底的疑团已经开始困扰他。
4. Mary Ann's exhilaration gave way to gnawing fear.
   玛丽·安从欣喜若狂变得忧惧不安。
5. A rat can gnaw a hole through wood.
   老鼠能啃穿木头。
6. Dogs like to gnaw on a bone.
   狗爱啃骨头。
7. Not only have the legal issues continued to gnaw at earnings, the banks have had a hard time making money.
   不仅法律问题在继续侵蚀盈利，而且银行发现钱更难赚了。
8. When worms come to gnaw at the root of the peach tree, the plum tree invites them to gnaw at its own root.
   当虫子来啃咬桃子树的根的时候，李子树则邀请他们来啃咬他自己的根。
9. The left smells a multinational rat that would gnaw at US labour and environmental standards.
   其中的左翼闻到了一只会啃食美国劳工及环保标准的跨国老鼠的气味。
10. Once inside, they will constantly gnaw at virtually anything-including concrete, lead, and plastic.
    一旦进入，他们就会不断地咬嚼一切东西，包括混凝土，铅，塑料等。
11. Babies like to gnaw hard objects when they're teething.
    幼儿在出牙时喜欢咬硬物。
12. Watching her puppy gnaw a bone.
    看着她的小狗在啃骨头。
13. Melanie smiled at him through sparkling tears while Scarlett felt the fox of wrath and impotent hate gnaw at her vitals.
    媚兰眨着泪眼对他笑了笑，然而思嘉只觉得一阵怒火和内在仇恨在狠咬她的脏腑。
14. To gnaw or wear away; erode.
    啮蚀，腐蚀啮蚀或磨损；
15. The beaver uses its large sharp teeth gnaw it.
    河狸用它那尖锐的牙齿咬树皮。
16. They will take an issue and they will gnaw on that bone, and gnaw on it over and over and over for days and days, until the next bone comes along, and then they chew the new bone.
    他们会找到一个话题，像啃骨头一样把这件事翻来覆去地炒作，直到另一根骨头出现，然后就去啃那根新的骨头。
17. Gnaw: This death knight ghoul ability now has a1-minute cooldown.
    撕扯：这一宠物技能现在有了1分钟的冷却时间。
18. And there are those who gnaw away at our national self-respect.
    而有些人逐步丢掉了我们国家的尊严。
19. Enchained demons strained in anger to gnaw on his bones; prisoners in chains.
    被锁链锁住的魔鬼发怒的抱着他，要咬他的骨头；被锁链锁住的囚犯。
20. Bad debts are continuing to gnaw at the bank's profits.
    坏帐不断地减少银行的利润。
21. Alas, why gnaw you so your nether lip?
    唉！您为什么这样咬着您的下唇呢？
22. She saw him gnaw his under lip, and roll his eyes, and she knew he was always fatal when he looked so.
    她看到他咬着下嘴唇，眼睛翻转着，知道他一这样，总是要做出什么可怕的事情。
23. But, japanese is to excogitate special chili to reduce weight food, be not thought like you, dry gnaw chili.
    但是，日本人是研究出专门的辣椒减肥食品，并不是像你所想的，干啃辣椒。
24. Our dog likes to gnaw a bone.
    我们的狗喜欢啃骨头。
25. 'It's your duty to invite all the rats in the world to gnaw at your bones.'
    你的责任是邀请世界上所有的老鼠来啃你的骨头。
26. When you hear your own stomach rumbling with hunger, you'll feel as if a large snake were trying to gnaw its way out of your belly.
    当你听到肠子饿得咕咕地叫时，好像有一条巨蛇要从你的腹内咬破了皮肉钻出来一般；
27. You'd like that, so your conscience won't gnaw at you anymore.
    你喜欢这样么，你的内心是这么想的么？
28. Even the person, also can gnaw by them leaving bones of the dead.
    就是人，也会被它们啃成一堆白骨。
29. My mouth fills with dust. I know because when I gnaw, there is grit between my teeth.
    我满嘴都是尘土，因为咀嚼一下，牙齿间就有沙土磨着。

  bite champ gnash gnaw【导航词义：咬】

  bite v. 咬；（蛇）咬伤；（昆虫）叮，蛰

〔辨析〕普通用词，强调用牙咬住、咬掉、把东西咬碎。

  champ v. 〈英〉大声咀嚼

〔辨析〕指嚼或吃食物时发出较大声响。

  gnash v. 咬（牙）

〔辨析〕通常只用于 gnash your teeth 这一习语中，表示因愤怒或痛苦而咬牙切齿。

  gnaw v. 咬，啃

〔辨析〕指用力咬或啃一件东西，含有连续不断的意思。

gnaw at sb

1. （长时间）折磨某人
   to make sb feel anxious, frightened or uncomfortable over a long period of time
   1. The dog was gnawing a bone.
      那狗在啃骨头。
   2. Rats had gnawed through the cable.
      老鼠把电缆咬断了。
   3. She gnawed at her fingernails.
      她咬手指甲。
   4. Self-doubt began to gnaw away at her confidence.
      对自己的怀疑渐渐吞噬了她的自信心。

verb

1. become ground down or deteriorate
   1. Her confidence eroded

   Synonym:    erodegnaw ateat atwear away

2. bite or chew on with the teeth
   1. gnaw an old cracker