Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.bite; snap at; gnaw
狗咬了我的腿。
Dog snapped at my leg.
饼太硬了,老人咬不动。
The cake was too hard for the old man to bite.
毒蛇咬了他的脚踝。
Poisonous snake bit his ankle.
- 2
v.(of dogs) bark
他的腿上被虫咬了。
He had insect bites on his leg.
半夜狗咬了好一阵。
The dog bit a long time at midnight.
我的脸上让蚊子咬了好几个包。
There were several mosquito bites on my face.
- 3
v.(of pliers, gears, etc) grip; bite
裤脚被自行车链子咬住了。
The trouser leg was caught by the bicycle chain.
工人用钳子咬住螺丝钉。
The worker clamped the screws with pliers.
齿轮坏了,咬不住了。
The gear is broken. It won't hold any more.
- 4
v.incriminate another person when blamed/interrogated; implicate
他在老师那里反咬我一口。
He insulted me in front of the teacher.
犯人在监狱咬了证人一口。
The prisoner slandered the witness in prison.
当着警察的面,他还在咬我。
In front of the police, he's still insulting me.
- 5
v.dialcorrode (metals); irritate (the skin)
碱水把铝盆给咬坏了。
The alkaline water corroded the aluminium basin.
我最怕漆咬。
I'm afraid of paint corrosion.
油漆把我的新衣服咬坏了。
The paint has rotted my new dress.
- 6
v.pronounce; articulate; be nitpicking on words
这个字她咬得很准。
She can pronounce this word correctly.
刚学说话的孩子通常咬字不准。
A child learning to speak usually has a poor articulation.
他总是咬不准这个字的发音。
He can never pronounce the word correctly.
- 7
v.close in on; advance on; press on towards
这场比赛的比分咬得很紧。
The score was too close.
这两位运动员的得分咬得很紧。
The two players had a tight score.
他们俩的名次咬得很紧。
The two of them are in a tight race.
Words and phrases with 咬
- 咬噬[word]gnaw
- 咬嚼[word]chew; chew over
- 咬字儿[word]articulate
- 咬群[word]be prone to fight within the herd; be apt to pick a quarrel within a group
- 咬牙[word]clench/gnash/grit one's teeth; grind one's teeth
- 咬伤[word]bite and injure; bite wound
- 咬结[word]biting the end of knot
- 咬入角[word]angle of nip
- 咬手[word]painful from cold or other stimulation; too expensive
- 咬紧牙关[idiom]clench one's teeth
- 咬牙切齿[idiom]file one's teeth
- 咬字眼儿[idiom]be fastidious/nitpicking about words
- 咬文嚼字[idiom]be excessively particular about wording