masticate
verb [intransitive] (specialist)to bite food many times as you eat it synonym chew (1)咀嚼(食物) This animal eats fruit from several trees but does not masticate the food. 这种动物吃几种树上的果实,但不咀嚼食物。
Word Originmid 17th cent. (earlier (Middle English) as mastication): from late Latin masticat- ‘chewed’, from the verb masticare, from Greek mastikhan ‘gnash the teeth’ (related to masasthai ‘to chew’).