蠶ㄘㄢˊ食ㄕˊcánshí

简蚕食

像蠶吃桑葉那樣一點點地吃掉。比喻逐漸侵占。例「蠶食鯨吞」、「蠶食別國領土」。

英to nibble away at (as silkworm consume leaves), fig. to embezzle progressively

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