gnaw

• vt. 咬；折磨；侵蝕
• vi. 咬；折磨；侵蝕

擬聲詞，咬東西的聲音。

gnaw (v.)

Old English gnagan "to gnaw, bite off little by little" (past tense *gnog, past participle gnagan), from Proto-Germanic *gh(e)n- "to gnaw" (cognates: Old Saxon gnagan, Old Norse, Swedish gnaga, Middle Dutch, Dutch knagen, Old High German gnagan, German nagen "to gnaw"), probably imitative of gnawing. Figurative sense "wear away as if by continued biting" is from early 13c. Related: Gnawed; gnawing.

1. Woodlice attack living plants and gnaw at the stems.

木虱會侵害活體植物並啃咬它們的莖。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Dogs like to gnaw on a bone.

狗愛啃骨頭.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

3. A rat can gnaw a hole through wood.

老鼠能啃穿木頭.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

4. And there are those who gnaw away at our national self - respect.

而有些人逐步丟掉了我們國家的尊嚴.

來自辭典例句

5. You'd like that, so your conscience won't gnaw at you anymore.

你喜歡這樣麽, 你的內心是這麽 想 的麽?

來自電影對白