chew up

• 动词短语，指用牙齿嚼碎或磨碎某物，也指彻底损坏或毁掉某物。

A phrasal verb meaning to crush or grind something with the teeth, or to damage or destroy something completely.

不可数 · 及物 · 短语动词，可分

1. To crush or grind with teethinformal

   To break food or something else into smaller pieces using the teeth.

   嚼碎

   • The dog chewed up my new shoes.
   • He chewed up the steak before swallowing.
   • Be careful not to chew up the plastic wrapper.

   同义词champchewchompcrushgrindmanducatemasticate

2. To damage or destroyinformal

   To damage something severely, often by tearing or breaking it apart.

   毁坏

   • The machine chewed up the paper into tiny shreds.
   • The storm chewed up the coastline, leaving debris everywhere.
   • The old printer chewed up the document.

   同义词destroymanglemaulshredtear apartwreck

   反义词fixmendpreserverepairrestore

3. To consume or use up quicklyinformal

   To use something rapidly or wastefully.

   耗尽

   • The project chewed up all our budget.
   • The new software chewed up a lot of memory.
   • The long commute chewed up most of his free time.

   同义词consumedevoureat upgobble uprun throughuse up

   反义词conservehusbandpreservesavespare

基本动词chew