chews

英 [tʃuːz]

美 [tʃuːz]

v.  咀嚼; 嚼碎; (因为紧张等)咬住，不停地啃; (为尝味道)不停地咀嚼
n.  咀嚼; 口香糖; 供嚼用的烟草
chew的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 咀嚼;嚼(碎)
  When youchewfood, you use your teeth to break it up in your mouth so that it becomes easier to swallow.
  1. Be certain to eat slowly and chew your food extremely well...
     一定要慢慢吃，要细细咀嚼。
  2. Daniel leaned back on the sofa, still chewing on his apple.
     丹尼尔倚在沙发上，嘴里还在嚼着苹果。
  3. ...the sound of his mother chewing and swallowing.
     他妈妈咀嚼、吞咽的声音
• VERB 嚼(口香糖、烟草)
  If youchewgum or tobacco, you keep biting it and moving it around your mouth to taste the flavour of it. You do not swallow it.
  1. One girl was chewing gum...
     一个女孩在嚼口香糖。
  2. He chews tobacco constantly.
     他不停地嚼烟草。
• VERB (因为紧张)咬(嘴唇、指甲)
  If youchewyour lips or your fingernails, you keep biting them because you are nervous.
  1. He chewed his lower lip nervously.
     他紧张地咬着下嘴唇。
• VERB (人或动物)咬，啃
  If a person or animalchewsan object, they bite it with their teeth.
  1. They pause and chew their pencils...
     他们停了下来，咬着铅笔。
  2. One owner left his pet under the stairs where the animal chewed through electric cables.
     有个人把宠物放在楼梯下面，结果它在那儿把电线咬断了。
• N-COUNT 口嚼糖
  Achewis a sweet that you have to chew very hard before it becomes soft.
  1. ...a selection of penny chews.
     各式各样可供选择的便宜口嚼糖
• PHRASE 试图承担力不能及的事
  If you say that someonehas bitten off more thantheycan chew, you mean that they are trying to do something which is too difficult for them.
  1. 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。
• PHR-RECIP 闲聊;闲扯
  If peoplechew the fat, they talk in a relaxed, informal way.
  1. We'd been lounging around, chewing the fat for a couple of hours.
     我们东游西逛，瞎扯了两三个钟头。
• tochew the cud→ see:cud

双语例句

• In the mouth the water melts away and the seed chews sharp and bitter.
  一进口，水就化了，种籽又辣又苦。
• If a chow chews shoes how does it choose which shoes to chew?
  如果一只中国家犬嚼鞋子，它怎么知道选哪些鞋子来嚼呢？
• Chews the track breakdown is big problem about quality in bulldozer product's process. For example, it leads to bankruptcy of some enterprise.
  推土机啃轨是推土机生产过程中的一个难题，直接影响产品质量，该原因曾导致本企业破产。
• He chews tobacco constantly.
  他不停地嚼烟草。
• The beaver chews down trees to get food and material with which to build its home.
  水獭啃倒树木，以便取食品食物并获的造窝的资料。
• Beef is nutrient-rich foods which is very popular, but not suitable for chews.
  牛肉是一种营养丰富又深受大众喜爱的食品，但存在着咀嚼困难的特点。
• Large rawhide chips, nylon chews and hard rubber balls are fun and safe.
  大的生牛皮条，尼龙咬件和大橡胶球都是又有趣又安全的。
• You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.
  凡蹄分两瓣，倒嚼的走兽，你们都可以吃。
• She chews slowly, savoring each bite, as if the thoughts will fade away as soon as the orange is eaten and more slices of her life will peel away.
  她慢慢地咀嚼，品味着每一口，仿佛记忆会随着被吃掉的橘子消逝，她的生命也会被瓣瓣撕落。
• If he or she has strong jaws and chews on the ball it can pop into the back of her throat and cut off the air supply.
  如果它有强壮的嘴（大嘴巴），在咬球的时候很可能球会突然的进到嗓子里并卡在那里造成窒息。