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单词 chew the cud
释义

chew /choo/

transitive verb
  1. To bruise and grind with the teeth
  2. To masticate
  3. To meditate, reflect
noun
  1. The action of chewing
  2. Something that is chewed, esp a quid of tobacco
ORIGIN: OE cēowan; Ger kauen; cf jaw1

chewˈable adjective

chewˈer noun

chewˈie noun (esp Aust sl)

Chewing gum

chewˈiness noun

chewˈy adjective

Soft and sticky, able or requiring to be chewed, like toffee

chewing gum noun

A preparation made from chicle gum, produced by the sapodilla plum tree, sweetened and flavoured, or a substitute for this

chew out (informal)

To tell off, reprimand

chew the cud

  1. (of cows, etc) to masticate for a second time food that has already been swallowed and partly digested in the first stomach
  2. To ruminate in thought (also chew over)

chew the rag or chew the fat (slang)

  1. To keep on arguing the point
  2. To converse, gossip

chew up

  1. To destroy, damage or disfigure (something) by a biting or grinding action like chewing
  2. To cause (someone) to be upset or nervous (informal)

cud /kud/

noun

Food brought back from the first stomach of a ruminating animal to be chewed again

ORIGIN: OE cwidu

cudˈweed noun

A woolly composite plant of the genus Gnaphalium, or a related plant

chew the cud (informal)

To meditate, to reflect
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