gnaw
verb [transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they gnaw | |
he / she / it gnaws | |
past simple gnawed | |
past participle gnawed | |
-ing form gnawing |
to keep biting something 咬;啃;啮 - gnaw something
The dog was gnawing a bone. 那狗在啃骨头。 - gnaw through something
Rats had gnawed through the cable. 老鼠把电缆咬断了。 - gnaw at/on something
She gnawed at her fingernails. 她咬手指甲。 - gnaw away at/on something (figurative)
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。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGnaw is used with these nouns as the subject:- dog
- mouse
- rat
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More Like This Silent lettersSilent lettersWord OriginOld English gnagen, of Germanic origin; related to German nagen, ultimately imitative.- gnaw something