Gnaw

 









gnaw



Y

D



–verb (used with object) 

1. to bite 

or 

chew on, esp. persistently. 



2. to wear away or remove by persistent biting or nibbling. (一點點地咬)

3. to form or make by so doing: to gnaw a hole through the wall. 

4. to waste or wear away; corrode; erode.

5. to trouble 

or 

torment by constant annoyance, worry, etc.; vex; plague. 



–verb (used without object) 

6. to bite or chew persistently: The spaniel gnawed happily [on] a bone.  

7. to cause [corrosion]: The [acid] gnaws at the metal. 

8. to cause 

an 

effect resembling corrosion: Her mistake gnawed [at] her conscience.  



spaniel

一種毛美而耳朵長的狗

愛拍馬屁的人





 　

One of Ingmar Bergman's underrated chamber dramas, The Passion of Anna is basically a four-hander featuring a quartet of Bergman stalwarts, most importantly Liv Ullmann. 



Bergman's script [pits] her Anna and Max von Sydow's Andreas against each other, as two characters trying to [out]live the damage they've done to themselves in the past. Anna is crippled from an accident which killed her husband and son, and Andreas is an ex-con; both retreat from the world by seeking refuge on an island. 



Guilt and regret gnaw [at] them, and they begin to see in the bourgeois lives of their mutual friends, Ellis and Evan (Bibi Andersson and Erland Josephson), something they might enjoy together. But Anna and Andreas' coming together proves only momentarily comforting and ultimately destructive, as Andreas knows more about Anna's past than she realizes. 



When the two quarrel and he uses that knowledge against her, the effect is devastating on them. Bergman's inclusion of a subplot, in which a loner on the island is falsely accused of vandalism and commits suicide under pressure from the community, [reinforces] the theme of isolation.





scalp schlep 

tusk

fang gnash clench cling grate grapple

peg 

prosthesis prosthetic

shin

knuckle



clench

clinch is a variant of clench, in [boxing], clinch is both verb and noun

His agreement to our terms clinched the [deal].

His ninth-inning home run clinched the [win] for our side. 

grate

His constant chatter grates [on] my nerves.  

to grate on the [ear].  

to grate a [carrot]. 

to grate one's [teeth]. with people grating tulip bulbs to make soup. 

Scalp