gnash

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sudden snapping of the teeth.
动词 v.
  1. To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger. transitive
    — gnashing your teeth
  2. To grind between the teeth. transitive
    — to gnash the air in fury
  3. To clash together violently. figuratively
    — There they were, boiling up in snowy spouts of spray, smiting and gnashing together like the gleaming teeth of hell.
  4. To run away. Geordie

词形变化

gnashes present,singular,third-person gnashing participle,present gnashed participle,past gnashed past gnashes plural

词汇关系

衍生词
gnasher gnashing gnashingly gnash one's teeth gnash up gnashy weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth

词源

词源 1
From Middle English gnasten. Origin unknown; the word is probably either Germanic or onomatopoeic. Compare Old Norse gnastan, Danish gnaske ("munch", "crunch"), German knirschen, German Low German gnirschen, gnörschen (“gnash”), Swedish gnissla (“squeak; gnash”).
词源 2
From Middle English gnasten. Origin unknown; the word is probably either Germanic or onomatopoeic. Compare Old Norse gnastan, Danish gnaske ("munch", "crunch"), German knirschen, German Low German gnirschen, gnörschen (“gnash”), Swedish gnissla (“squeak; gnash”).
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