| 释义 |
gnawer|ˈnɔːə(r)|
[f. gnaw v. + -er1.]
One that gnaws; a rodent. Now chiefly Zool.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 292 The little Mouse..is justly tearmed..rosor omnium rerum..a gnawer of all things. 1691Tryon Wisd. Dictates 51 These Gnawers of other Mens harmless Papers. 1828Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 245 Thysanoura..The insects of this order are gnawers. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. v. (1879) 82 Among them were the teeth of a gnawer, equalling in size..those of the Capybara. 1892Pall Mall G. 1 Mar. 2/1 Caverns made by these infinitely little gnawers [microbes]. |