chew

• n. 咀嚼；咀嚼物
• vt. 嚼碎，咀嚼
• vi. 細想，深思
• n. (Chew)人名；(英)丘

來自PIE*gyeu, 咀嚼，詞源同cheek.

chew

chew: [OE] Chew, and its Germanic relatives German kauen and Dutch kauwen, can be traced back to a prehistoric West Germanic *kewwan. It has relatives in other Indo-European languages, including Latin gingīva ‘gum’ (source of English gingivitis).
=> gingivitis

chew (v.)

Old English ceowan "to bite, gnaw, chew," from West Germanic *keuwwan (cognates: Middle Low German keuwen, Dutch kauwen, Old High German kiuwan, German kauen), from PIE root *gyeu- "to chew" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic živo "to chew," Lithuanian žiaunos "jaws," Persian javidan "to chew").

Figurative sense of "to think over" is from late 14c.; to chew the rag "discusss some matter" is from 1885, apparently originally British army slang. Related: Chewed; chewing. To chew (someone) out (1948) probably is military slang from World War II. Chewing gum is by 1843, American English, originally hardened secretions of the spruce tree.

chew (n.)

c. 1200, "an act of chewing," from chew (v.). Meaning "wad of tobacco chewed at one time" is from 1725; as a kind of chewy candy, by 1906.

1. He tends to chew things over too much in his mind.

他這個人就愛在心裏反複琢磨事兒。

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2. Chew your food well and do not rush meals.

充分咀嚼食物，吃飯不要太快。

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3. Savour the flavour of each mouthful, and chew your food well.

細細品嚐每一口的味道，充分咀嚼。

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4. Chew each mouthful fully before the next bite.

將每一口充分咀嚼後，再吃下一口。

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5. They pause and chew their pencils.

他們停了下來，咬著鉛筆。

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