gnaw英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

The act of gnawing.

— give something a gnaw

动词 v.

To bite something persistently, especially something tough. ambitransitive

— The dog gnawed the bone until it broke in two.
To produce excessive anxiety or worry. intransitive

— Her comment gnawed at me all day and I couldn't think about anything else.
To corrode; to fret away; to waste.

— VVots thou vvho's returnd, / The unthrift Bonvile, ragged as a ſcarre-crovv / The VVarres have gnavv'd his garments to the skinne: […]

词形变化

gnaws present,singular,third-person gnawing participle,present gnawed past gnew dialectal,past gnawed participle,past gnew dialectal,participle,past gnawn archaic,participle,past gnaws plural

词汇关系

衍生词

begnaw forgnaw gnawable gnawer gnawingly gnaw someone's vitals outgnaw ungnawed ungnawn

词源

词源 1

From Middle English gnawen, gnaȝen, from Old English gnagan, from Proto-West Germanic *gnagan, from Proto-Germanic *gnaganą (“to gnaw”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *gʰnēgʰ- (“to gnaw, scratch”).
Cognate with Dutch knagen, German nagen, Danish gnave (“to gnaw”), Norwegian Bokmål gnage, Norwegian Nynorsk gnaga, Swedish gnaga.

词源 2

From Middle English gnawen, gnaȝen, from Old English gnagan, from Proto-West Germanic *gnagan, from Proto-Germanic *gnaganą (“to gnaw”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *gʰnēgʰ- (“to gnaw, scratch”).
Cognate with Dutch knagen, German nagen, Danish gnave (“to gnaw”), Norwegian Bokmål gnage, Norwegian Nynorsk gnaga, Swedish gnaga.