chew

英 [tʃuː] 美 [tʃuː]

• vt. 咀嚼；嚼碎；深思
• vi. 咀嚼
• n. 咀嚼；咀嚼物

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 咀嚼; 咬

   use the teeth to crush or grind

2. vt. & vi. 仔细考虑; 玩味

   chew over; think over; consider

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 咀嚼
2. 咀嚼物
3. 一口
4. 咀嚼肌
5. 口香糖
6. 供嚼用的烟草
7. 嚼物
8. 嚼烟

v. 动词

1. 咀嚼
2. 嚼碎
3. 细想
4. 嚼
5. 熟虑
6. 深思
7. 沉思
8. 讲
9. 谈话
10. 闲扯
11. 闲聊
12. 仔细考虑
13. 深思熟虑
14. 详细讨论
15. 咬
16. 咬住
17. 不停地啃
18. 不停地咀嚼
19. 玩味
20. 详尽讨论
21. 严厉申斥严厉责骂痛骂训斥（常与out连用）
22. 吃
23. 嚼烟
24. 损坏

英英释义

Noun:

1. a wad of something chewable as tobacco

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

Verb:

1. chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth;

   "He jawed his bubble gum"
   "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"
   "The cows were masticating the grass"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Many people like to chew mint gum in the summer.
   许多人喜欢在夏天嚼薄荷口香糖。
2. You must chew your food well before you swallow it.
   食物吞下去之前先要细细咀嚼。
3. Chew your food well before swallow.
   吞下食物以前必须要好好咀嚼。
4. Chew your food properly before swallowing it.
   食物嚼碎後再咽下。
5. I'll chew the problem over for a few days.
   这个问题我会仔细思考几天。
6. I'll give you till tomorrow to chew over.
   我给你一天的时间来考虑。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. Saliva helps one chew and digest food.
   唾液能帮助咀嚼和消化食物。
2. He can't chew without his false teeth.
   他没有假牙就嚼不动。

用作名词 (n.)

1. I'll think about it while I have a chew.
   我吃饭时会想想看。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Don't bite off more than you can chew.
   不要贪多嚼不烂。
2. His broken jaw made it impossible for him to chew.
   他的颌裂了,不能嚼东西了。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Chew your food slowly.
   食物要慢慢嚼。
2. The mother told her child to chew food.
   这位母亲告诉她的孩子要细嚼食物。
3. You must always chew the thing carefully.
   那东西必须细嚼。
4. He kept chewing gum.
   他嘴里不停地嚼着口香糖。

经典引文

• The port wing..was chewed off by the propeller of a Stirling bomber.

  出自： C. Ryan

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

chew away (v.+adv.)

咬坏 chew sth and destroy it
chew away
They have chewed away two hours.

他们吃了一两个小时。
You've been chewing away all afternoon, you can't still be hungry.

你吃了一下午,肯定不会饿了。 chew sth ⇔ away
The rats have chewed away some of the woodwork.

老鼠啃坏了一些木器。
The snakes chewed the rats away.

蛇已经吃了那些老鼠。

chew the cud

细想,玩味 consider sth carefully

chew on (v.+adv.)

细想,仔细考虑 consider sth carefully, especially before reaching a decision
chew on
This is a problem for you to chew on.

这是一个需要你深思的问题。
That is a difficult thing for her to chew on.

那是一件需要她深思的难事。 chew sth ⇔ on
We'll chew on your suggestion.

我们将仔细考虑你的建议。
They wanted to chew your problem on.

他们想仔细考虑一下你的问题。

chew out (v.+adv.)

严厉责备 scold roughly
chew sb ⇔ out
The policeman chewed out the driver for reckless driving.

那位司机因为开车莽撞,被警察狠狠批评了一顿。
The sergeant chewed out the recruits as soon as they arrived.

新兵们一到,那上士就把他们臭骂一顿。

chew over (v.+adv.)

充分讨论 discuss at length

chew the rag〔fat〕

闲聊,聊天 talk together in an idle, friendly fashion; chat

chew up (v.+adv.)

罚,申斥 reprimand

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• chew the cud 深思,反省
• chew food 细嚼食物
• chew gum 嚼口香糖

～+副词

• chew carefully 细嚼
• chew contentedly 满意地咀嚼
• chew continuously 不断地咀嚼
• chew hungrily 匆忙地嚼
• chew noisily 多杂音地咀嚼
• chew normally 正常咀嚼
• chew placidly 平和地咀嚼
• chew out 训斥
• chew over 深思,细想
• chew over the problems 考虑这个问题

～+介词

• chew at 细想
• chew on a piece of meat 咀嚼一片肉
• chew upon 深思,细想

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. chew的基本意思是指用牙齿慢慢地磨碎某食物,译作“咀嚼”,可引申为对某事“细细地品味”。
2. chew可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词,用作及物动词时,其宾语多为表示食物的名词。作“细想,仔细考虑”解时，常和介词on〔over〕连用。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

chew, bite, gnaw, nibble, snap

• 这几个词都有“咬,嚼”的意思。其区别在于:bite 是“咬”,即用牙钳住或切断; chew 是“嚼”,即用牙磨碎; gnaw是“啃”,即不断啮咬,例如:
• The dog was gnawing a bone.狗在啃骨头。
• He was gnawing at his fingernails.他在咬指甲。
• snap 是突然猛咬,例如:
• The dog jumped and snapped at his throat.那条狗跳起来猛咬他的喉咙。
• nibble 是“小口地啮咬”。
• 例如:She nibbled at the biscuit.她一点点地咬饼干。

bite，chew，gnaw，snap

• 这些动词均含有“咬、啃”之意。
• bite指用牙齿钳住或切断，或咬一口。
• chew指用牙磨碎。
• gnaw指连续不断用齿咬。
• snap指突然猛咬。

近反义词

【近义词】

• grind 磨
• munch 大声咀嚼
• gnaw 咬
• bite 咬
• nibble 一点点地咬
• wad 填料
• plug 塞子
• masticate 咀嚼（食物）...
• portion 部分
• chew up 损害
• crush 压碎
• chomp 大声地咀嚼
• squash 壁球
• champ 大声地嚼
• mouth 嘴
• eat 吃
• gnash 咬(牙切齿)
• cud 反刍的食物
• jaw 颚
• mastication 咀嚼
• quid 供咀嚼的烟草块...
• manducate <罕> 咀嚼
• chewing 咀嚼
• chaw 嚼
• manduction 圣餐礼
• snap 劈啪作响