啃

啃
[kěn]
to gnaw
⇒ 咬啮 龁 咋 嘬 啮 啮咬 啃书
to nibble
⇒ 蚛 轻咬 蚕食 蚀 蚕食鲸吞
to bite
⇒ 𬺈 龁 咋 咬钩 咬 噬 噬咬 蚛 齰 螫 叮 点补 吹灯拔蜡 咬紧牙关 玩完 咬文嚼字 恩将仇报 吃里爬外 贪多嚼不烂 好高骛远 浅尝

简体中文>英语, CC-CEDICT

啃
kĕn
动
1   gnaw; nibble:
- 啃骨头 gnaw a bone
- 啃老玉米 nibble at an ear of corn
2   〈喻〉 study:
- 啃书本 delve into books
- 《资本论》我啃了两年才掌握它的基本概念。 I wrestled with The Capital for two years before I could grasp its basic concepts.

- 简体中文>英语, 汉英词典

啃(龈)
kěn
一点ㄦ一点ㄦ地往下咬 {nibble; gnaw}:
- ～骨头 {gnaw a bone}
- ～老玉米 {nibble at an ear of corn}◇～书本。 {delve into books}
⇒龈yín

简体中文>英语, 现代汉语词典

啃
kěn
动 bite; gnaw; nibble
- 啃骨头 gnaw (at) a bone
- 啃铅笔头 nibble on the end of a pencil
- 啃玉米棒 nibble at the corn on the cob
- 啃指甲 bite/gnaw one's fingernails
- 狗把骨头啃得干干净净。 The dogs picked the bone clean.
- 老鼠将一些木器啃坏了。 The rats had gnawed away some of the woodwork.
- 他一口啃掉了大半个苹果。 He bit off/away more than half of the apple in one mouthful. / He took more than half of the apple in one single bite.
动 take great pains with one's studies
- 啃书本 delve into books
- 这篇文章我啃了两个小时才弄懂。 I wrestled with this piece of writing for two hours before I grasped its content.

- 简体中文>英语, 汉英大词典

啃
/kěn/
gnaw; gnaw at; gnaw into; nibble; nibble at

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