masticate

英 [ˈmæstɪkeɪt]

美 [ˈmæstɪkeɪt]

v.  咀嚼食物

过去分词：masticated　现在分词：masticating　过去式：masticated　第三人称单数：masticates　

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BNC.44590 / COCA.40990

牛津词典

verb

• 咀嚼食物
  to chew food

柯林斯词典

• VERB 咀嚼;嚼碎
  When youmasticatefood, you chew it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

verb

• chew (food)
  1. He jawed his bubble gum
  2. Chew your food and don't swallow it!
  3. The cows were masticating the grass
  Synonym:chewmanducatejaw
• grind and knead
  1. masticate rubber

双语例句

• 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。
• Masticate the Ordeal Life is like the olive in every way, I have to savour its flavour everyday.
  咀嚼痛苦每天的日子就像一枚枚橄榄青果，我不得不品味其中的酸楚与苦涩。
• 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。
• The result shows that the casting splint is better than the regular splint in diffusing occlusive force, improving masticate efficiency and promoting tissue rebuilding.
  结果表明金属铸造夹板对分散力、提高咀嚼效率促进组织修复均优于钢丝塑料夹板。
• 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。
• The mouth is so dry that it is difficulty for the patient to masticate and swallow food.
  口内大乾，以致病人咀嚼和吞下食物，都有困难。