| 单词 | eat |
| 释义 | eat 19 ENTRIES FOUND: eat (verb) eats (noun) dog-eat-dog (adjective) moth-eaten (adjective) alive (adjective) cake (noun) crow (noun) dust (noun) hand (noun) hat (noun) heart (noun) horse (noun) humble (adjective) light (adverb) lunch (noun) man-eater (noun) pie (noun) pudding (noun) word (noun) eat /ˈiːt/ verb eats; ate /ˈeɪt/; Brit /ˈɛt/; /ˈeɪt/ ; eaten /ˈiːtn̩/ ; eating eat /ˈiːt/ verb eats; ate /ˈeɪt/; Brit /ˈɛt/; /ˈeɪt/ ; eaten /ˈiːtn̩/ ; eating Learner's definition of EAT 1 : to take food into your mouth and swallow it吃 [+ object] You'll feel better if you eat something.如果吃点东西，你会感觉好些。 I ate a big breakfast so I'm not very hungry.我早饭吃得很丰盛，所以不太饿。 Let's grab a bite to eat. = Let's get something to eat.我们找点东西吃吧。 I've been trying to watch what I eat. [=to be more careful about eating healthy foods and not eating too much]我一直非常注意自己的饮食。 [no object] I'm hungry. Let's eat.我饿了，咱们吃吧。 They like to eat at home.他们喜欢在家里吃。 It's important to eat right. [=to eat healthy foods]饮食健康很重要。 ◊ To eat out is to dine at a restaurant rather than at home.下馆子吃 We like to eat out on Fridays.我们每周五都喜欢下馆子吃饭。 ◊ To eat in is to dine at home.在家吃 Let's eat in tonight.今晚咱们在家吃吧。 2 : to gradually destroy, use, or take away something : to wear something away侵蚀；腐蚀；损耗 [+ object] — usually + away The rocks were eaten away by erosion.岩石被逐渐风化。 [no object] — usually + into, away at, or at Marketing costs ate into their profits.营销成本耗掉了他们的利润。 The acids were eating away at the metal finish.酸性物质腐蚀了金属饰面。 The failure of his business has eaten away at his confidence.生意场上的失利逐渐磨灭了他的信心。 3 [+ object] informal : to bother or annoy (someone)烦扰；打扰；激怒 What's eating you?什么事惹你生气了？ be eating out of someone's hand : to be completely controlled by someone完全受人摆布 He had them eating out of his hand. [=he controlled them completely]他完全控制住了他们。 eat a horse — see 1horse eat crow (US) informal or eat humble pie : to admit that you were wrong or accept that you have been defeated认错；服输 He was forced to eat crow when the company fired him.公司解雇了他，这使他不得不服输。 They had to eat humble pie when the rumors they were spreading were proved false.当他们散布的谣言被证实不实之后，他们不得不承认了错误。 eat light — see 5light eat (someone or something) alive 1 of insects : to bite (someone or something) many times多次咬；反复咬 The mosquitoes were eating us alive. [=we were being bitten frequently by many mosquitoes]蚊子老是叮咬我们。 2 : to badly defeat or harm someone or something重创；力挫 Their competitors are going to eat them alive if they don't cut their prices.如果他们不降价，竞争对手将会向他们重拳出击。 If this story gets out, the press will eat him alive.如果这件事抖搂出去，媒体将不会饶了他。 eat someone's or something's lunch — see 1lunch eat up [phrasal verb] 1 — used to tell someone to start or continue eating开始吃吧；再吃点 Eat up! Your dinner is getting cold.快吃！饭都要凉了。 2 eat up (something) or eat (something) up a : to eat all of (something)吃完；吃光 Eat your dinner up before it gets cold.趁饭没凉赶紧吃完。 b : to use up (time, resources, etc.)用尽，用光（时间、资源等） This project has been eating up a large part of the budget.这个项目用掉了大部分预算。 Your savings may be eaten up by inflation.你的积蓄可能会因通货膨胀而耗尽。 3 ◊ A person who is eaten up with or by jealousy, bitterness, etc., cannot escape that feeling and is made unhappy by it.（因忌妒、痛苦等）被困扰，被缠住 He was eaten up with envy of his brother's success.他因嫉妒哥哥的成功而陷入烦恼。 4 eat (something) up informal : to enjoy (something) greatly非常喜爱（某物）；对…极感兴趣 I thought the speech was stupid, but the audience ate it up.我觉得这个演讲很无聊，但听众对此非常喜欢。 eat up the clock — see 1clock eat your fill — see 2fill eat your heart out : to be jealous嫉妒的；羡慕的 “Eat your heart out,” he jokingly told his friend before getting on his new boat.“羡慕吧！”登上他的新船之前他开玩笑地对朋友说。 eat your words : to take back what you have said : to admit that you were wrong about something收回前言；承认错误 She said she would eat her words if the wedding wasn't called off.她说如果婚礼取消，她会收回前言。 They promised success, but if things don't get better soon, they may have to eat their words.他们曾保证成功，但如果情况不能很快好转，他们或许只能认错了。 have your cake and eat it too or have your cake and eat it — see 1cake I'll eat my hat informal + old-fashioned — used to say that something will not happen or cannot be true我才不信；绝不会是真的 If he wins the election, I'll eat my hat! [=I don't believe he has any chance to win the election]我绝对不信他能赢得这次选举。 the proof of the pudding is in the eating — see pudding — eatable /ˈiːtəbəl/ adjective an eatable [=(more commonly) edible] plant可食用植物 — eater noun, plural eaters [count] a picky eater [=someone who dislikes many kinds of food]挑食的人 a big eater [=someone who eats a lot]饭量大的人 Synonyms同义词 eat, consume, and devour mean to chew and swallow food.eat、consume和devour均指咀嚼并吞咽食物。 eat is a general word that can apply to any manner of taking in food.eat使用范围广泛，可指任何形式的进食。 Eat your dinner.把饭吃了。 consume suggests completely eating something up so that none is left.consume意指把食物吃干净。 By noon they had consumed all of their food supplies.到中午时他们已经吃光了所有储备的食物。 devour suggests eating quickly and greedily.devour意指狼吞虎咽地吃。 The hungry children devoured the grapes.那群饥饿的孩子狼吞虎咽地吃下了葡萄。 |
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