gnawing

英 [ˈnɔːɪŋ]

美 [ˈnɔːɪŋ]

adj.  (长时间)折磨人的，令人痛苦的，使人苦恼的
v.  咬; 啃; 啮
gnaw的现在分词

现在分词：gnawing　

GRE

BNC.42054 / COCA.27851

牛津词典

adj.

• （长时间）折磨人的，令人痛苦的，使人苦恼的
  making you feel worried over a period of time
  1. gnawing doubts
     令人痛苦的疑虑

柯林斯词典

• VERB 咬；啃；啮
  If people or animalsgnawsomething orgnaw atit, they bite it repeatedly.
  1. Woodlice attack living plants and gnaw at the stems...
     木虱会侵害活体植物并啃咬它们的茎。
  2. Melanie gnawed a long, painted fingernail.
     梅拉妮咬着涂过指甲油的长指甲。
• VERB 折磨；使不安
  If a feeling or thoughtgnaws atyou, it causes you to keep worrying.
  1. Doubts were already gnawing away at the back of his mind...
     心底的疑团已经开始困扰他。
  2. Mary Ann's exhilaration gave way to gnawing fear.
     玛丽·安从欣喜若狂变得忧惧不安。

双语例句

• Fear is gnawing his heart.
  恐惧侵蚀着他的心。
• He looked just like an old dog gnawing on a bone.
  他看来活像啃骨头的老狗。
• There was a gnawing pain from the wound.
  伤口痛得揪心。
• After few minutes, gnawing on a fox bone, the rabbit returns to his typewriter and resumes typing.
  几分钟后，兔子啃着狐狸的一根骨头，又回到它的打字机旁继续打字。
• Gnawing: Kitty appears to have spotted something as Buttons nibbles on a corner of a cushion.
  啃：基蒂似乎是盯着什么在发呆，而巴顿在垫子的角落里咬着。
• Now the rat of Panic was gnawing at Byron's spirit.
  如今恐慌正象耗子一样在啃啮拜伦的心灵。
• At night it pierces my bones within me, And my gnawing pains take no rest.
  伯30：17夜间我里面的骨头刺我、痛不止、像龈我。
• Looks like you been gnawing on something nasty to me.
  我看你咬上了一件恶心的东西。
• Children always gnawing fingernails, but also do not want to eat.
  孩子总是啃指甲，但也不想吃。
• He drank a good deal of wine to destroy the pain that was gnawing at his heart.
  他喝了大量的酒以消除正在使他烦心的痛苦。