2VERB 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. 嚼(口香糖、烟草)
One girl was chewing gum. [VERB noun]
一个女孩在嚼口香糖。
He chews tobacco constantly. [VERB noun]
他不停地嚼烟草。
3VERB (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. (因为紧张)咬(嘴唇、指甲)
He chewed his lower lip nervously. [VERB noun]
他紧张地咬着下嘴唇。
4VERB (人或动物)咬,啃 If a person or animal chews an object, they bite it with their teeth. (人或动物)咬,啃
They pause and chew their pencils. [VERB noun]
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. [VERB prep.]
有个人把宠物放在楼梯下面,结果它在那儿把电线咬断了。
5N-COUNT 口嚼糖 A chew is a sweet that you have to chew very hard before it becomes soft. 口嚼糖 [British]
...a selection of penny chews.
各式各样可供选择的便宜口嚼糖
6PHRASE 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. 试图承担力不能及的事
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。
7PHR-RECIP [VERB inflects, plural-n PHRASE, PHRwith n]闲聊;闲扯 If people chew the fat, they talk in a relaxed, informal way. 闲聊;闲扯 [informal]
We'd been lounging around, chewing the fat for a couple of hours.
ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤thoroughly, well嚼爛;細嚼▸➤slowly, thoughtfully慢嚼;若有所思地嚼▸➤up嚼碎◇Chew your food up thoroughly before you swallow it.食物完全嚼爛後再咽。PREPOSITION➤at咬⋯◇She was chewing at her lower lip.她咬着下嘴唇。➤on咀嚼⋯◇The baby chewed on a piece of bread.寶寶嚼着一塊麪包。