chew
chew
英[tʃuː]美[tʃuː]
v.咀嚼，嚼碎，（因紧张）咬；
n.口香糖；
复数：chews;
第三人称单数：chews;
过去式：chewed;
过去分词：chewed;
现在分词：chewing;
例句
This candy is so hard that no one can chew it.这种糖太硬, 没人嚼得动。
Americans like to chew gum.美国人喜欢嚼口香糖。
Don't bite off more than you can chew.不要贪多嚼不烂。
Bite off more than one can chew.贪多咽不下。出自：英语谚语
In the pines squirrels commonly chew off and drop entire cones.松树上的松鼠通常咬掉和弄落整个球果.
Always chew food well before swallowing it.什么食物都要先嚼碎再吞咽。
The greens are full of fibres that you can't chew.这菜筋多嚼不烂.
They pause and chew their pencils.他们停了下来，咬着铅笔。
I will no longer chew the cud of misfortune that Fate ekes out to us.我将不再反复地思考命运给我们的不幸.
The panda eats bamboo. Chomp , chomp , chew, yum my bamboo.熊猫吃竹子. 咯, 太美味了, 我的竹子.
英语六级真题
Her listeners were showing their respect for her by chewing on her words.
出自-2011年12月听力原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
VERB
咀嚼;嚼(碎)
When you chew food, you use your teeth to break it up in your mouth so that it becomes easier to swallow.
例句
Be certain to eat slowly and chew your food extremely well...一定要慢慢吃，要细细咀嚼。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。VERB
嚼(口香糖、烟草)
If you chew gum or tobacco, you keep biting it and moving it around your mouth to taste the flavour of it. You do not swallow it.
例句
One girl was chewing gum...一个女孩在嚼口香糖。He chews tobacco constantly.他不停地嚼烟草。VERB
(因为紧张)咬(嘴唇、指甲)
If you chew your lips or your fingernails, you keep biting them because you are nervous.
例句
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 animal chews an object, they bite it with their teeth.
例句
They pause and chew their pencils...他们停了下来，咬着铅笔。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
A chew is a sweet that you have to chew very hard before it becomes soft.
例句
...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 someone has bitten off more than they can chew, you mean that they are trying to do something which is too difficult for them.
例句
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 people chew the fat, they talk in a relaxed, informal way.
例句
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。英汉词典释义
vt. & vi.
咀嚼; 咬
Don't bite off more than you can chew.不要贪多嚼不烂。vi.
（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
英英词典释义
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);
"He jawed his bubble gum""Chew your food and don't swallow it!""The cows were masticating the grass"
