词组 | chew up |
释义 | chew up 1. chew up sth • chew sth up to crush food with your teeth in order to break it into smaller pieces before swallowing it: ▪ Tommy chewed up his vegetables without complaining. ▪ I tried to chew up the meat, but it tasted so horrible I had to spit it out. 2. chew up sth • chew sth up to crush something with your teeth, with the result that it is broken into small pieces or has a lot of holes in it: ▪ The dogs will chew up the furniture if we don't watch them carefully. ▪ Be careful to keep the papers away from the baby or she'll chew them up. 3. chew up sth • chew sth up if a machine chews something up, it damages or destroys it, especially by crushing or breaking it into small pieces: ▪ The printer is chewing the paper up again. ▪ Be careful - that engine could chew your finger up. |
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