gnaw (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[gnaw 词源字典]
Old English gnagan "to gnaw, bite off little by little" (past tense *gnog, past participle gnagan), from Proto-Germanic *gh(e)n- "to gnaw" (cognates: Old Saxon gnagan, Old Norse, Swedish gnaga, Middle Dutch, Dutch knagen, Old High German gnagan, German nagen "to gnaw"), probably imitative of gnawing. Figurative sense "wear away as if by continued biting" is from early 13c. Related: Gnawed; gnawing.[gnaw etymology, gnaw origin, 英语词源]
MackinawyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
type of boat used on the Great Lakes, 1812, from Mackinac, name of a port and island in Michigan, from Ojibway (Algonquian) mitchimakinak "many turtles," from mishiin- "be many" + mikinaak "snapping turtle." As a type of heavy blanket given to the Indians by the U.S. government, it is attested from 1822.
OkinawayoudaoicibaDictYouDict
largest of the Ryuku island chain, Japanese, literally "rope on the sea." Related: Okinawan.
runaway (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1540s, "one who flees," from verbal phrase, from run (v.) + away (adv.). Meaning "an act of running away" is from 1724.
unaware (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1590a; see unawares.
unawares (adv.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1530s, "without being aware," from un- (1) "not" + aware + adverbial genitive -s. Meaning "without being noticed" is recorded from 1660s. Form unaware is recorded from 1590s.
nawabyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
"A native governor during the time of the Mogul empire", From Urdu nawwāb, variant of Arabic nuwwāb, plural (used as singular) of nā'ib 'deputy'; compare with nabob.