gnaws是什么意思？

gnaws

• v. 咬( gnaw的第三人称单数 )，（长时间） 折磨某人，（使）苦恼，（长时间）危害某事物；

例句

• It is not Lao Niu gnaws the tender grass? 还不是老牛啃嫩草?
• The King is angry. See, he gnaws his lip. 国王生气了. 看吧, 他咬着自己的嘴唇.
• The water gnaws at the shoreline. 海水侵蚀海岸线.

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。