单词 | eat |
释义 | eat [i:t] (ate, eaten) verb intransitive or transitive ESSENTIAL ■to put or take food into the mouth, chew (= crush with the teeth) it, and swallow it 吃 •Do you eat meat?你吃肉吗? •When I've got a cold, I don't feel like eating.我感冒时没有食欲。 •We usually eat (= have a meal) at about 7 o'clock.我们通常在七点前后吃饭。 [i:t] (ate, eaten)verb intransitive or transitive eaten up with/by sth informal ■If someone is eaten up with/by a negative emotion, they are experiencing it very strongly 被(某种消极情绪)所折磨;内心充满(某种消极情绪) •He was so eaten up with guilt, he became ill.心中的愧疚无时无刻不在折磨着他,最后他病倒了。 [i:t] (ate, eaten)verb intransitive or transitive eat sb alive ■to criticize someone very angrily 气愤地严厉批评某人 •If we get our facts wrong we'll be eaten alive by the press.如果我们把事实弄错了,媒体会对我们大肆发难的。 [i:t] (ate, eaten)verb intransitive or transitive eat sb for breakfast informal ■to be able to very easily control or defeat someone 不费吹灰之力地制伏(或打败) •He eats people like you for breakfast.像你这样的人,他不费吹灰之力就制得服服贴贴了。 [i:t] (ate, eaten)verb intransitive or transitive eat your heart out humorous ■If someone says eat your heart out followed by the name of a famous person, they are joking that they are even better than that person (后接一个名人的名字,开玩笑地说比其还要强)比你强多了,你算老几 •I'm singing in the village production of Tosca next month - eat your heart out Pavarotti!下个月我们村里剧团要上演《托斯卡》,我会上台一展歌喉——帕华洛帝,我比你强多了! [i:t] (ate, eaten)verb intransitive or transitive eat humble pie (US also eat crow) informal ■to admit that you were wrong 认错;道歉 •After boasting that his company could outperform the industry's best, he's been forced to eat humble pie.他吹嘘他的公司可以胜过业内最好的企业,但之后,他就不得不承认言过其实了。 [i:t] (ate, eaten)verb intransitive or transitive eat like a horse informal ■to always eat a lot of food 吃得很多;食量极大 •She's so thin yet she eats like a horse.她那么瘦,可是食量极大。 [i:t] (ate, eaten)verb intransitive or transitive eat sb out of house and home humorous ■to eat a lot of the food someone has in their house 把(某人)吃穷;吃光(某人)的家当 [i:t] (ate, eaten) verb intransitive or transitive eat your words ■to admit that something you said before was wrong 承认自己说错了话 •Sam said it would never sell, but when he sees these sales figures he'll have to eat his words.山姆曾说这个永远不会有销路。可是他要是看到这些销售数字,就得承认自己错了。 [i:t] (ate, eaten)verb intransitive or transitive have sb eating out of your hand informal ■to easily make someone do or think what you want 牵着(某人)的鼻子走;使(某人)百依百顺;将(某人)搞得服服贴贴 •Within two minutes of walking into the classroom, she had the kids eating out of her hand.她走进教室不到两分钟,就把这群孩子治得服服贴贴的。 [i:t] (ate, eaten)verb intransitive or transitive I'll eat my hat old-fashioned ■used to say that you are sure something will not happen 我敢打赌…绝对不可能发生(或不是真的;要是发生…我把头给你) •If she actually marries him I'll eat my hat.她要是真的会嫁给他,我就把脑袋给你。 [i:t] (ate, eaten)verb intransitive or transitive (I'm so hungry), I could eat a horse. humorous ■used to say that you are extremely hungry 我饿极了。 [i:t] (ate, eaten) verb intransitive or transitive What's eating sb ? informal ■used to ask why someone seems angry or upset 是甚么使(某人)烦心 •Jack's in a strange mood - I wonder what's eating him?杰克今天脾气怪怪的,甚么事让他那么烦啊? [i:t] (ate, eaten)verb intransitive or transitive Phrasal Verbs eat away at sth ■to gradually damage or destroy something 逐渐毁掉;侵蚀;损耗 [i:t] (ate, eaten) verb intransitive or transitive Phrasal Verbs eat away at sb ■If a bad memory or feeling eats away at someone, it makes them feel more and more unhappy. 长期困扰(某人);烦扰(某人) [i:t] (ate, eaten) verb intransitive or transitive Phrasal Verbs eat in ■to have a meal at home rather than in a restaurant 在家吃饭 [i:t] (ate, eaten) verb intransitive or transitive Phrasal Verbs eat into sth ■to use or take away a large part of something valuable, such as money or time 消耗,花掉,耗费(金钱或时间) •The high cost of living in London is eating into my savings.伦敦生活费用太高了,我的积蓄都花了不少了。 [i:t] (ate, eaten)verb intransitive or transitive Phrasal Verbs eat out IMPROVER ■to eat in a restaurant 去餐厅吃饭;在外用餐 •When I lived in Spain, I used to eat out all the time.我住在西班牙的时候,天天去外面吃饭。 [i:t] (ate, eaten)verb intransitive or transitive Phrasal Verbs [M] eat (sth) up ■to eat all the food that you have been given 吃完,吃光 •Be a good boy and eat up your vegetables.好孩子,乖,把蔬菜都吃了。 [i:t] (ate, eaten)verb intransitive or transitive Phrasal Verbs eat up sth ■to use or take away a large part of something valuable (大量)耗费,损耗 •A big old car like that eats up petrol.像那样的老式大型车很耗油。 |
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