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VERB
咀嚼;嚼(碎)
When you chew food, you use your teeth to break it up in your mouth so that it becomes easier to swallow.
例句
Be certain to eat slowly and chew your food extremely well...
一定要慢慢吃，要細細咀嚼。
Daniel leaned back on the sofa, still chewing on his apple.
丹尼爾倚在沙發上，嘴里還在嚼著蘋果。
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VERB
嚼(口香糖、煙草)
If you chew gum or tobacco, you keep biting it and moving it around your mouth to taste the flavour of it. You do not swallow it.
例句
One girl was chewing gum...
一個女孩在嚼口香糖。
He chews tobacco constantly.
他不停地嚼煙草。
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VERB
(因為緊張)咬(嘴唇、指甲)
If you chew your lips or your fingernails, you keep biting them because you are nervous.
例句
He chewed his lower lip nervously.
他緊張地咬著下嘴唇。
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VERB
(人或動物)咬，啃
If a person or animal chews an object, they bite it with their teeth.
例句
They pause and chew their pencils...
他們停了下來，咬著鉛筆。
One owner left his pet under the stairs where the animal chewed through electric cables.
有個人把寵物放在樓梯下面，結果它在那兒把電線咬斷了。
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N-COUNT
口嚼糖
A chew is a sweet that you have to chew very hard before it becomes soft.
例句
...a selection of penny chews.
各式各樣可供選擇的便宜口嚼糖
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PHRASE
試圖承擔力不能及的事
If you say that someone has bitten off more than they can chew, you mean that they are trying to do something which is too difficult for them.
例句
Micky is used to handling dodgy deals but this time fears he may have bitten off more than he can chew.
米基本來是善于處理棘手交易的，可是這回他可能會力有不逮。
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PHR-RECIP
閑聊;閑扯
If people chew the fat, they talk in a relaxed, informal way.
例句
We'd been lounging around, chewing the fat for a couple of hours.
我們東游西逛，瞎扯了兩三個鐘頭。