Masticate

['mæstɪkeɪt]

解释:

(verb.) grind and knead; 'masticate rubber'.

整理:特蕾西--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food.

整理:贾丝廷

同义词及近义词：

v. a. Chew, eat, manducate, MUNCH.

以斯拉录入

解释:

v.t. to chew: to grind with the teeth.—adj. Mas′ticable that may be chewed.—ns. Masticā′tion act or process of chewing; Masticā′tor a machine for cutting up meat for people unable to chew: a machine used in purifying india-rubber.—adj. Mas′ticatory chewing: adapted for chewing.—n. a substance chewed to increase the saliva.

手打:菲尔