chew

1. V-T/V-I When you chew food, you use your teeth to break it up in your mouth so that it becomes easier to swallow. 咀嚼

Be certain to eat slowly and chew your food extremely well. 一定要慢慢喫，特別細地咀嚼食物。

Daniel leaned back on the sofa, still chewing on his apple. 丹尼爾仰靠在沙發(fā)上，還在嚼著蘋果。

2. V-T If you chew gum or tobacco, you keep biting it and moving it around your mouth to taste the flavour of it. You do not swallow it. 嚼 (口香糖、菸)

One girl was chewing gum. 一個女孩在嚼口香糖。

3. V-T If you chew your lips or your fingernails, you keep biting them because you are nervous. 咬 (嘴脣、手指)

He chewed his lower lip nervously. 他緊張地咬著下脣。

4. V-T/V-I If a person or animal chews an object or chews on it, they bite it with their teeth. 咬

They pause and chew their pencils. 他們停了下來，咬著鉛筆。

She chewed through the tape that bound her. 她咬斷了綑綁她的帶子。