gnawing是什么意思？

gnawing

英[ˈnɔ:ɪŋ]

• adj. 痛苦的，苦恼的；
• v. 咬( gnaw的现在分词 )，（长时间） 折磨某人，（使）苦恼，（长时间）危害某事物；

例句

• These doubts had been gnawing at him for some time. 这些疑虑已经折磨他一段时间了。
• The farmer’s dog has been gnawing away on a bone under the table. 那农夫的狗一直在桌子底下啃骨头。
• He was afflicted always with a gnawing restlessness. 他老是被一种叫人苦恼的不安情绪折磨着.
• The dog was gnawing a bone. 那狗在啃骨头。
• Rabbits still manage to find a way in. I am sure that some have even taken to gnawing through the metal. 兔子还是找到办法进去了。我敢断定，有些兔子甚至已经用上了咬断金属的办法。
• Mary Ann's exhilaration gave way to gnawing fear. 玛丽·安从欣喜若狂变得忧惧不安。
• Doubts were already gnawing away at the back of his mind... 心底的疑团已经开始困扰他。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  咬；啃；啮
  If people or animals gnaw something or gnaw at it, they bite it repeatedly.
  例句
  Woodlice attack living plants and gnaw at the stems... 木虱会侵害活体植物并啃咬它们的茎。 Melanie gnawed a long, painted fingernail. 梅拉妮咬着涂过指甲油的长指甲。
• VERB
  折磨；使不安
  If a feeling or thought gnaws at you, it causes you to keep worrying.
  例句
  Doubts were already gnawing away at the back of his mind... 心底的疑团已经开始困扰他。 Mary Ann's exhilaration gave way to gnawing fear. 玛丽·安从欣喜若狂变得忧惧不安。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  痛苦的,苦恼的
  He was afflicted always with a gnawing restlessness. 他老是被一种叫人苦恼的不安情绪折磨着。