chew

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chew1 /tʃuː/ S2 verb

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]BITE to bite food several times before swallowing it 咀嚼；嚼碎

This meat’s so tough I can hardly chew it!

這肉太老了，我幾乎嚼不動！

chew at/on

a dog chewing on a bone

在啃骨頭的狗

► see thesaurus at bite →4 See picture of 見圖 BITE

2 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]BITE to bite something continuously in order to taste it or because you are nervous 〔爲了品嘗或因緊張而〕不停地嚼，咬

chew on

We gave the dog an old shoe to chew on.

我們扔了一只舊鞋給狗去啃。

chew your lip/nails 咬嘴唇/指甲

chew gum/tobacco 嚼口香糖/煙草

3. chew the cud if a cow or sheep chews the cud, it keeps biting on food it has brought up from its stomach 〔牛或羊〕反刍

Examples from the Corpus

chew the cud• A bout of feeding early in the morning is followed by a lie down during which they chew the cud.• All around me camels sat peacefully chewing the cud.• It is as much a pattern of their inner being as is tail-wagging or chewing the cud.• After chewing the cud for a minute or two, they continue the fight.

4. chew the fat informal to have a long friendly conversation 促膝長談，閒聊

Examples from the Corpus

chew the fat• Nowadays he liked nothing better than drinking rather too much with journalists, and chewing the fat.• And during his flying visit to Belfast, Mr Grade took time out to chew the fat about the old days.• Randall stayed around chewing the fat for a while.• He made a shortened door, while Selwyn chewed the fat with Stapleton.

→ bite off more than you can chew at bite1(10) PHRASAL VERBS

Examples from the Corpus

chew• There was a cow in the field, slowly chewing a mouthful of grass.• Helen sat there, chewing a piece of gum.• The squirrel did not chew bark to get at sap or something else.• Riven chewed bread which had turned to sand in his mouth.• The normally grass-rich ranges are barren, chewed down to dust by ravenous cattle.• My worst habit is chewing gum.• She finds an apple and chews it loudly, then she lifts her head and scans all around.• Do you want to chew on that?• I gave the baby my key ring to chew on.• To relieve catarrh, chew raw garlic.• Come here, Sausage, don't chew that rug!• All around me camels sat peacefully chewing the cud.• I chewed the toffee slowly.• You can just swallow oysters or you can chew them a little bit first.• Chew your food. Don't eat so quickly.

chew at/on• I remember growing up in Baltimore and enjoying a flat style cinnamon toothpick to chew on.• Claude was chewing on an ice cube.• Hugh Farnham was discovered in a retirement home in Florida, living under an assumed identity, obsessively chewing on his rusks.• They chewed at it until, softened, it yielded, like blubber or leather, to their understanding.• She polished it off and began to chew on the ice.• After a while she noticed his reflected look and looked back, chewing on the leather chinstrap.• She chewed at the spiky end of a plait and kicked at a kitchen chair-leg.• Is there a gremlin outside, chewing on the wing of the plane?

chew your lip/nails• And there one writing, probably a letter, holding the paper sideways and chewing her nails.• Walter flew out the door; leaving Gordy and Ivan chewing their lips and wringing their hands.• Prince William, 10, chewed his lip anxiously while eight-year-old Harry stared wistfully ahead, dreaming of Christmases past.• She chewed her nails in Muir of Ord.• Janine chewed her lip, staring spitefully at her child.• Emily chewed her lip, thinking about Hari and Craig.

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