masticate

• vt. 咀嚼；粉碎；撕捏
• vi. 咀嚼；粉碎；撕捏

来自拉丁语masticare,咀嚼，来自PIE*mendh,咀嚼，词源同mandible,mouth.

masticate (v.)

1640s, back-formation from mastication, or else from Late Latin masticatus, past participle of masticare "to chew." Related: Masticated; masticating.

1. Americans now masticate 86 million pounds of meat every day.

美国人现在每天要吃掉八千六百万磅的肉.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. Today, Americans masticate 86 million pounds of meat every day.

今天, 美国人每天要吃掉八千六百万磅肉.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

1. grind and knead;

"masticate rubber"

2. chew (food);

"He jawed his bubble gum"

"Chew your food and don't swallow it!"

"The cows were masticating the grass"

Her mouth was working, as if she was masticating some tasty titbit...

她的嘴在动，好像在嚼什么好吃的。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Don't gulp everything down without masticating.

不要不加咀嚼就把什么都给一股脑地吞下去。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Americans now masticate 86 million pounds of meat every day.

美国人现在每天要吃掉八千六百万磅的肉.

《简明英汉词典》

Today, Americans masticate 86 million pounds of meat every day.

今天, 美国人每天要吃掉八千六百万磅肉.

《现代英汉综合大词典》