英语单词

chaw是什么意思

chaw

英 [tʃɔː]
  • n. 一口;咀嚼物;咀嚼
  • vt. 咀嚼
  • vi. 咀嚼

英文词源


chaw (v.)
1520s, unexplained phonetic variant of chew (v.). OED points out the variant form chow was "very common in 16-17th c." Bartlett's "Dictionary of Americanisms" [1859] says chaw, "Although found in good authors, ... is retained, in this country as in England, only by the illiterate." Related: Chawed; chawing. The noun meaning "that which is chewed" (especially a quid of tobacco) first recorded 1709.

双语例句


1. Did he chaw up others?
他彻底打败了别人 吗 ?

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2. Do you used to chaw chewing gum?
过去常常嚼口香糖 吗 ?

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