詞彙精選：gnaw的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

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咬，啃，齧 [I,T]

例句：

Lions like to gnaw away at a piece of meat.

獅子喜歡不斷地啃着一塊肉。

例句：

Rats gnawed off the lid of the box.

老鼠咬開了盒蓋。

侵蝕，使腐蝕 [I,T]

例句：

This kind of roads gnaw at the tires

這種道路磨損輪胎。

例句：

The acid gnaws the metal.

酸腐蝕金屬。

折磨，使苦惱，使不安 [I,T]

例句：

These desires gnawed away at us constantly.

這些慾望不斷地折磨我們。

例句：

Doubts were already gnawing away at the back of his mind.

心底的疑團已經開始困擾他。

二、詞義辨析：

bite,chew,gnaw,snap

這些動詞均含有“咬、啃”之意。bite指用牙齒鉗住或切斷，或咬一口。chew指用牙磨碎。gnaw指連續不斷用齒咬。snap指突然猛咬。

三、相關短語：

gnaw at

v. 啃,咬,侵蝕

四、參考例句：

Lions like to gnaw away at a piece of meat.

獅子喜歡不斷地啃着一塊肉。

Self-doubt began to gnaw away at her confidence.

對自己的懷疑漸漸吞噬了她的自信心。

This kind of roads gnaw at the tires

這種道路磨損輪胎。

Woodlice attack living plants and gnaw at the stems.

木蝨會侵害活體植物並啃咬它們的莖。