咬[齩、]yǎo ❶ （上下牙齿用力对着） bite; snap at: ～ 不动 too tough to bite [chew]; ～ 了一口 take a bite; 一口 ～ 定 assert emphatically; insist; 爱叫的狗不 ～ 人。 Barking dogs seldom bite. 那条狗 ～ 了我的腿。 The dog snapped [bit] at my leg. 正在长牙齿的婴儿喜欢 ～ 硬物。 Babies who are getting new teeth like something hard to bite on.
❷ （狗叫） bark: 鸡叫狗 ～。 Cocks crow and dogs bark.
❸ (夹住； 卡住) grip; bite: 台钳上有刻痕的虎钳牙帮助它紧 ～ 住工件。 The scored jaws of a vise help it bite the work. 这个旧螺母 ～ 不住扣儿。 This old nut won't bite [grip].
❹（受责难或审讯时牵扯别人） incriminate another person (usu. innocent) when blamed or interrogated: 反 ～ 一口 trump up a countercharge against one's accuser; make a false countercharge
❺ （正确地念出） pronounce; articulate: ～ 字清楚 clear articulation [enunciation]; 这个字他 ～ 得很准。 He can pronounce this word correctly.
❻ （过分地斟酌） be nitpicking (about the use of words): ～ 字眼儿 be nitpicking on words
◆咬耳朵 [口] whisper in sb.'s ear; whisper; 咬合 occlusion; occlusio; holding-on; occlus-; 咬紧牙关 clench one's teeth; be determined; endure; endure with dogged will; grit one's teeth; 咬舌儿 lisp; lisper; 咬文嚼字 chew [ruminate] upon a subject; be excessively particular about wording; pay excessive attention to wording; speak like a book; 咬牙 grit one's teeth; grind one's teeth (in sleep); {医} odontoprisis; molar; brygmus; bruxism; 咬牙切齿 gnash the teeth in anger; bite one's lips and gnaw one's teeth; grind one's teeth with vexation [rage]; 咬住 bite (into); grip with one's teeth; grip; seize; take firm hold of; refuse to let go of; {机} galling; scuffing; 咬字儿 pronounce words correctly or according to their traditional pronunciation |