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单词 teeth-gnasher
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teeth-gnasher
teeth-gnasher n. (a) a person who or animal which engages in gnashing or grinding of the teeth; (figurative) a person who is (excessively) agitated or fretful about something; cf. gnasher n. 1; (b) a suspenseful or agonizing event, situation, etc.Frequently with allusion to biblical use of the phrase gnashing of teeth; cf. quot. 1535 at gnashing n.
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1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 745 Their [sc. wolves] Epithites which are attributed vnto them among seueral Authors are most cleare demonstrations of their disposition..as..Cattle-hurter, teeth-gnasher, [etc.].
1868 Temple Bar June 402 This proud doctrine does not quite agree, to be sure, with the teeth gnashers, with the craw-thumpers, with the sackcloth-and-ashes people.
1978 Boston Globe 3 Sept. 47/1 The 14th hole plays across water, from one outcropping of lava to another. It's a teeth-gnasher.
1996 Network World 8 July 22/4 The usual wailers and teeth-gnashers are, of course, up in arms over this ‘intrusion’ by Big Brother into your personal space.
2008 Alberni Valley (Brit. Columbia) Times (Nexis) 12 Feb. 13 The Canucks are currently on a one-game winning streak, thanks to Sunday's 3-2 shootout teeth-gnasher over the Chicago Blackhawks.
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