masticate
vt.& vi. 咀嚼; 粉碎,磨爛
When you masticate food, you chew it.
Her mouth was working, as if she was masticating some tasty titbit...
她的嘴在動,好像在嚼什麼好吃的。
Don't gulp everything down without masticating.
不要不加咀嚼就把什麼都給一股腦地吞下去。
1. grind and knead;
2. chew (food);
Americans now masticate 86 million pounds of meat every day.
美國人現在每天要吃掉八千六百萬磅的肉.
Today, Americans masticate 86 million pounds of meat every day.
今天, 美國人每天要吃掉八千六百萬磅肉.