1 VERB 吃 When you eat something, you put it into your mouth, chew it, and swallow it. 吃
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She was eating a sandwich. [VERB noun]
她在吃三明治。
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The bananas should be eaten within two days. [VERB noun]
那些香蕉应该在两天内吃掉。
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We took our time and ate slowly. [VERB]
我们不慌不忙地慢慢吃着。
SYN consume, swallow, chew, hoover [informal]
2 VERB (合理或健康地)饮食 If you eat sensibly or healthily, you eat food that is good for you. (合理或健康地)饮食
3 VERB 用餐;吃饭 If you eat, you have a meal. 用餐;吃饭
SYN have a meal, lunch, breakfast, dine
4 VERB [only cont] 使不安;使焦虑 If something is eating you, it is annoying or worrying you. 使不安;使焦虑 [informal]
5 PHRASE 完全听命于;完全受…支配 If you have someone eating out of your hand, they are completely under your control. 完全听命于;完全受…支配
6 PHRASE [VERB and NOUN inflect] 比…还要厉害;令…妒忌 People use eat your heart out with the name of a person when they are doing something that they think the person named might be jealous of. 比…还要厉害;令…妒忌
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A limousine was sent to pick me up and deliver me to the set. Eat your heart out, Tom Selleck!.
他们派了一辆豪华轿车来接我去片场,你就眼红吧,汤姆·塞立克!
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I want everyone back in Cleveland to be eating their crummy little hearts out.
我想让家乡克利夫兰所有那些烂人都懊悔不已。
SYN grieve, regret, pine, obsess
7 PHRASE [VERB inflects] (尤指客人)把…吃穷 If you eat someone out of house and home, you eat a lot of their food, especially when you are living with them. (尤指客人)把…吃穷 [informal]
8 to be eaten alive→see: alive to have your cake and eat it→see: cake dog eat dog→see: dog to eat humble pie→see: humble
Phrasal verbs: - eat awayeat intoeat up
Quotations
One should eat to live, and not live to eat Molière L'Avare
Most vegetarians I ever see looked enough like their food to be classed as cannibals Finley Peter Donne
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Thesaurus | eat Also look up: |
VERB. | chew, consume, munch, nibble, taste 1 dine, feast 3 bother, trouble, worry 4 |
Word Partnership | Use eat with: |
ADV. | eat too much 1 eat properly, eat well 2 eat alone, eat together 3 |
VERB. | want something to eat 1 eat and drink, eat and sleep 1 3 |
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