masticate是什么意思？

masticate

英[ˈmæstɪkeɪt] 美[ˈmæstɪˌket]

• vt.& vi. 咀嚼，粉碎，磨烂；

第三人称单数：masticates;

过去式：masticated;

过去分词：masticated;

现在分词：masticating;

名词：mastication;

例句

• Americans now masticate 86 million pounds of meat every day. 美国人现在每天要吃掉八千六百万磅的肉。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  咀嚼;嚼碎
  When you masticate food, you chew it.
  例句
  Her mouth was working, as if she was masticating some tasty titbit... 她的嘴在动，好像在嚼什么好吃的。 Don't gulp everything down without masticating. 不要不加咀嚼就把什么都给一股脑地吞下去。

英汉词典释义

• vt. & vi.
  咀嚼
  Americans now masticate 86 million pounds of meat every day. 美国人现在每天要吃掉八千六百万磅的肉。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. grind and knead;
  "masticate rubber"
  2. chew (food);
  "He jawed his bubble gum""Chew your food and don't swallow it!""The cows were masticating the grass"