chewing

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act by which something is chewed on; mastication. countable,uncountable
    — And while the dog and the cat buses suffered considerable damage from the trapped animals' excretions, clawings, and chewings, the bus with the skunk was declared unsalvageable.
  2. The consumption of (the juice from) the khat plant. countable,uncountable
  3. The consumption of loose leaf tobacco juice from tobacco plants by chewing leaves near the cheek. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of chew form-of,gerund,participle,present
    — The goat is chewing on your shirt!

词形变化

chewings plural

词汇关系

衍生词
betelchewing chewing ball chewing gum chewingly chewing sponge fat-chewing gumchewing nonchewing scenery-chewing

词源

词源 1
From Middle English chewynge, chewand, from Old English *ċēowende, from Proto-Germanic *kewwandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *kewwaną (“to chew”), equivalent to chew + -ing.
词源 2
From Middle English chewyng, chewynge, from Old English ċīwung, ċȳwung, ċēowung (“chewing”), equivalent to chew + -ing.
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