English Dictionary

chew

IPA（発音記号）

/tʃuː/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 くだけた表現

The act of chewing; mastication with the mouth. / Level of chewiness. / A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing. / (informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.

日本語の意味

咀嚼行為、すなわち口による咀嚼（マステケーション）のプロセス / 噛みごたえの程度 / タフィーなど、噛むために食べられる小さな菓子 / （非公式で数えられない名詞）噛みタバコ、すなわちチューイングタバコ

He took a long chew before answering the difficult question.

彼は難しい質問に答える前に、長く噛む行為をしてから答えた。

意味（1）

The act of chewing; mastication with the mouth.

I popped the gum into my mouth and gave it a chew.

意味（2）

Level of chewiness.

Once it's cooked, it's not enough of a hard chew to count.

意味（3）

A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing.

Phillip purchased a bag of licorice chews at the drugstore.

意味（4）

(informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.

The school had banned chew and smokes from the school grounds, even for adults.

意味（5）

(countable or uncountable) A plug or wad of chewing tobacco; chaw or a chaw.

The ballplayers sat on the bench watching the rain, glumly working their chews.

意味（6）

(uncountable, informal) The condition of something being torn or ground up mechanically.

Avoiding Tape Chew. In the early days of the ADAT, the V blocks (two arms that thread the tape around the front of the head) could sometimes get out of alignment and chew the outside track […]

chews （ plural ）