gnaw

• vt.噛む；苦しめる；侵食する
• vi.噛む；苦しめる；侵食する

オノマトペ、何かを噛む音。

gnaw (v.)

Old English gnagan "to gnaw, bite off little by little" (past tense *gnog, past participle gnagan), from Proto-Germanic *gh(e)n- "to gnaw" (cognates: Old Saxon gnagan, Old Norse, Swedish gnaga, Middle Dutch, Dutch knagen, Old High German gnagan, German nagen "to gnaw"), probably imitative of gnawing. Figurative sense "wear away as if by continued biting" is from early 13c. Related: Gnawed; gnawing.

1. Woodlice attack living plants and gnaw at the stems.

ダニは生体植物を侵害し、茎をかじる。

2.Dogs like to gnaw on a bone.

犬は骨をかじるのが好きだ。

3.A rat can gnaw a hole through wood.

ネズミは木をかじることができる。

4.And there are those who gnaw away at our national self-respect.

だが、一部の人は私たちの国の尊厳を失いつつある。

5.You 'd like that，so your conscience won 't gnaw at you anymore.

あなたはこのようにすることが好きですか、あなたの心はそう思っていますか？