كيف تنطق "gnaw at"

expression

ˈnɔ/ /ˈæt

NAW-at

nˈɔː/ /ˈæt

NAW-at

التعريف

To bother or worry someone repeatedly, often about a problem or memory that keeps coming back to one’s mind.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈnɔ/ /ˈæt

الإنجليزية البريطانية

nˈɔː/ /ˈæt

أمريكي

NAW-at

بريطاني

NAW-at

The idea of failing began to gnaw at him every night.

The memory of that mistake still gnaws at me.

Guilt can gnaw at a person for years.

That question kept gnawing at me until I finally found the answer.