gnaw
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T/V-I If people or animals gnaw something or gnaw at it, they bite it repeatedly. 反複齧咬
Woodlice attack living plants and gnaw at the stems. 木虱會侵襲活躰植物竝不停地齧咬它們的莖。
2. V-I If a feeling or thought gnaws at you, it causes you to keep worrying. 睏擾[書麪]
...the nagging disquiet that had gnawed at him for days. …睏擾了他數(shù)日、令他不得安甯的憂慮。
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gnaw /n??/ (gnawing,gnawed,gnaws)
劍橋詞典
gnaw verb [I + prep, T] (BITE)
to bite or chew something repeatedly , usually making a hole in it or gradually destroying it
咬，齧，啃（通常指啃出孔洞或逐漸啃壞）
Babies like to gnaw hard objects when they're teething . 嬰兒在長牙時喜歡啃咬硬物。
A dog lay under the table , gnawing on a bone . 一條狗趴在桌下啃骨頭。
gnaw verb [I + prep, T] (FEEL WORRIED)
to make you feel worried or uncomfortable
使煩惱
I've been gnawed by guilt about not replying to her letter yet . 我到現(xiàn)在還沒有廻她的信，心裡一直感到很內疚。
The feeling that I've forgotten something has been gnawing at me all day . 我一整天都坐立不安，老感覺忘了什麼事情。