| 释义 |
[/iːt; it/] v (pt ate[/et; US eɪt; et/], pp eaten[/ˈiːtn; ˋitn/]) 用法:
1 [I, Ip, Tn, Tn.p] ~ (up)/~ sth (up) take (solid food or soup) into the mouth and swallow it for nourishment 吃; 喝（汤）:
He was too ill to eat. 他病重得不能吃东西了. *
eat up (ie finish eating) now 现在吃完 *
Eat (up) your dinner. 你把饭吃（完）了. *
Lions eat meat, ie Meat is their diet. 狮子吃肉. 用法:
2 [I] have a meal 吃饭:
Where shall we eat tonight? 咱们今天晚上在哪儿吃饭? 用法:
3 (idm 习语) dog eat dog => dog1. ,eat sb a`live/,eat sb for `breakfast (infml) be able to dominate or exploit sb 能支配或剥削某人; 摆布; 宰割:
She'll eat him for breakfast. 她将来能降住他. eat one's `heart out (for sb/sth) endure envy, longing, frustration, etc in silence 默默地强忍妒忌、 渴求、 挫折等:
Since he left, she's been sitting at home eating her heart out. 他走了以後, 她一直坐在家里, 心如刀割. ,eat humble `pie be very apologetic 赔罪; 赔礼; 道歉:
When he realized his mistake, he had to eat humble pie. 他认识到了自己的错误, 只好赔礼道歉. ,eat like a `horse (infml) eat a lot 吃得很多. eat out of sb's `hand be submissive and compliant towards sb 听命於某人:
She soon had the class eating out of her hand. 她不久就把全班管得服服贴贴了. eat sb out of ,house and `home (infml often joc 口, 常作戏谑语) (of people) eat a lot of food which sb else has paid for （指人）把某人吃穷:
I hope your brother won't stay much longer, he's eating us out of house and home! 我希望你弟弟可别住太久了, 他要把咱们给吃穷了! eat oneself `sick (on sth) (infml) eat so much (of sth) that one feels or is sick 吃（某物）太多而不适或生病:
The children would eat themselves sick on chocolate if I let them. 我要是让孩子由著性儿吃巧克力, 他们会吃出病来. ,eat one's `words admit that what one said was wrong 承认自己说错话. have one's cake and eat it => cake. I'll ,eat my `hat (infml) (expression used by sb who believes that sth is so unlikely to happen that even to suggest it is absurd 某人认为发生某事物的可能性迹近荒谬时的用语):
Rob's always late if he gets here on time I'll eat my hat. 罗布总迟到--他要准时到这儿, 我把脑袋给你. the proof of the pudding is in the eating => proof1. 用法:
4 (phr v) eat sth away/eat away at sth erode 腐蚀; 侵蚀:
The river is eating away at the bank. 河水侵蚀著两岸. eat into sth (a) consume sth; destroy; dissolve; corrode 消耗某事物; 毁坏; 分解; 腐蚀:
Acids eat into metal. 酸能腐蚀金属.
(b) (fig 比喻) consume a part of sth 消耗某事物的一部分:
Paying for that new carpet has eaten into my savings. 付新地毯的款用去了我的一部分储蓄. eat out have a meal in a restaurant, etc rather than at home 在饭馆等处吃饭（不在家中吃）:
I'm too tired to cook tonight; shall we eat out? 我今晚累得不想做饭了, 咱们下饭馆好吗? eat sb up (fig 比喻) (usu passive 通常用於被动语态) consume; obsess; worry 操心; 烦扰; 担忧:
be eaten up with curiosity, anger, envy, etc 受好奇心、 愤怒、 妒忌等煎熬 *
Jealousy was eating him up. 嫉妒心在折磨著他. |