英语词汇“chew”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

chewchew1 /tʃu/ ●●● S2 verb

ETYMOLOGYchew¹

Origin: Old English ceowan

VERB TABLE

chew

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	chew
	he, she, it	chews
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	chewed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have chewed
	he, she, it	has chewed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had chewed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will chew
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have chewed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am chewing
	he, she, it	is chewing
	you, we, they	are chewing
Past	I, he, she, it	was chewing
	you, we, they	were chewing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been chewing
	he, she, it	has been chewing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been chewing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be chewing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been chewing

1[intransitive, transitive] to bite food several times before swallowing it: You can just swallow oysters or you can chew them a little bit first.2[transitive] if you chew gum or tobacco, you bite it repeatedly, moving it around your mouth, in order to taste it: My worst habit is chewing gum.3[intransitive, transitive] to bite something, without trying to eat it: She chewed her lip nervously.chew on/at I gave the baby my key ring to chew on.4chew the fat informal to have a long friendly conversation5chew the cud if a cow or sheep chews the cud, it repeatedly bites food it has brought up from its stomach [Origin: Old English ceowan] → see also bite off more than you can chew at bite1 (8)chew on something phrasal verb to think about something carefully for a period of time: The new research has given scientists something to chew on.chew somebody ↔ out phrasal verb informal to talk angrily to someone in order to show that you disapprove of what he or she has done: I thought she was gonna chew me out for shrinking her sweater.chew something over phrasal verb to think about something carefully for a period of time: Let me chew it over for a few days, and then I’ll call you.chew somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verb1to gradually break a piece of food or other object up, using the teeth: Chew your meat up well. The dog had completely chewed up the sofa.2to damage or destroy someone or something by tearing it: My résumé was chewed up by the copier.3informal to use all of a supply of something: The phone bill chewed up all but the last few dollars of my paycheck.