gnash
verb🔊/næʃ/
🔊/næʃ/
Word Originlate Middle English: perhaps related to Old Norse gnastan ‘a gnashing’.
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they gnash | 🔊/næʃ/ 🔊/næʃ/ |
| he / she / it gnashes | 🔊/ˈnæʃɪz/ 🔊/ˈnæʃɪz/ |
| past simple gnashed | 🔊/næʃt/ 🔊/næʃt/ |
| past participle gnashed | 🔊/næʃt/ 🔊/næʃt/ |
| -ing form gnashing | 🔊/ˈnæʃɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈnæʃɪŋ/ |
Idioms
gnash your teeth
to press or hit your teeth together because you feel angry; to feel very angry and upset about something, especially because you cannot get what you want （尤因不获所求而气得）咬牙切齿 He'll be gnashing his teeth when he hears that we lost the contract. 他要是听说我们丢了这份合同，准会气得咬牙切齿。 🔊🔊 The news caused great wailing and gnashing of teeth. 这个消息引起了极大的哀痛和咬牙切齿。
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