chew sth
及物动词，后接咀嚼的对象。
She chewed her food slowly.
她慢慢地咀嚼食物。
用牙齿反复咀嚼磨碎食物,经唾液软化分解后吞咽。；用牙齿或类似牙齿的工具研磨、撕扯或毁坏某物。；嚼烟草。；嚼碎；细想
to bite and grind with the teeth
用牙齿反复咀嚼磨碎食物,经唾液软化分解后吞咽。
To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.
用牙齿或类似牙齿的工具研磨、撕扯或毁坏某物。
To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth.
嚼烟草。
To chew tobacco.
一般现在时
I chew gum every day.
我每天嚼口香糖。
一般过去时
He chewed his food slowly.
他慢慢地咀嚼食物。
现在进行时
She is chewing a piece of meat.
她正在嚼一块肉。
My grandmother always chews her food slowly.
我的祖母总是慢慢地咀嚼食物。
用法提示：chews是chew的第三人称单数形式，表示习惯动作。
The baby is chewing on a rubber toy.
宝宝正在咬一个橡胶玩具。
用法提示：is chewing是现在进行时，表示正在进行的动作。
He chewed the piece of meat thoroughly before swallowing.
他彻底嚼碎了那块肉才咽下去。
用法提示：chewed是过去式，表示过去完成的动作。
及物动词，后接咀嚼的对象。
She chewed her food slowly.
她慢慢地咀嚼食物。
不及物用法，on后可接具体或抽象事物。
He chewed on a piece of gum.
他嚼着一块口香糖。
表示完全嚼碎或损坏。
The dog chewed up my shoes.
狗把我的鞋子嚼碎了。
比喻仔细思考、讨论。
We need to chew over this proposal.
我们需要仔细考虑这个提案。
强调津津有味地咀嚼，与chew可互换，但更口语化
常指硬物或骨头，比chew更持久、更费力
特指脆硬食物发出的响声，与chew侧重点不同
强调粗鲁或贪婪地咀嚼，语气比chew强烈
侧重上下牙齿的研磨动作，但不如chew常用
grammar · medium
易错句子The dog chewed my hand.
正确表达The dog bit my hand.
因为'chew'表示反复咀嚼，而狗咬人通常是单次咬的动作，应该用'bit'。中文学习者容易混淆'咬'和'嚼'。
grammar · medium
易错句子I chewed about the problem all night.
正确表达I chewed on the problem all night.
动词'chew'表示细想时，搭配介词'on'或'over'，而不是'about'，这是受中文'思考关于'的影响。
咀嚼食物
You should chew your food thoroughly before swallowing.
吞咽前你应该彻底咀嚼食物。
嚼口香糖
He was chewing gum during the lecture.
他在讲座期间嚼口香糖。
嚼烟草
Many baseball players used to chew tobacco.
许多棒球运动员过去常嚼烟草。
咀嚼某物；认真考虑某事
She chewed on her pencil while thinking.
她思考时咬着铅笔。
仔细考虑
I need time to chew over your proposal.
我需要时间仔细考虑你的建议。
严厉责备某人
The boss chewed him out for being late.
老板因他迟到而严厉责备了他。
闲聊
Let's sit down and chew the fat over coffee.
我们坐下来喝杯咖啡闲聊吧。
严厉训斥
The boss chewed him out for being late.
老板因为他迟到而严厉训斥了他。
仔细考虑
I need some time to chew on this problem.
我需要些时间仔细考虑这个问题。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.