| 单词 | bite back |
| 释义 | bite backbite back phrasal verbphr v a) SAY bite something ↔ back to stop yourself from saying or showing what you really think 强忍住不说[流露]出来 Tamar bit back the retort that sprang to her lips. 塔马已经话到嘴边，却忍住了没有反驳。 b) REVENGEto react strongly and angrily to something 反击，回击 at Determined to bite back at car thieves, he wired his car to an electric fence. 他决心回击盗车贼，把他的汽车连到了电围栏上。 Examples from the Corpus bite back• But the apple is biting back.• Her teeth sank into her bottom lip, biting back a cry, and she winced.• Unfortunately, the very live bat bit back, and Osbourne underwent a painful series of precautionary rabies injections.• She bit back on her irritation.• And biting back ... the Whitesnake man plays it again.• But she bit back the words.• She had the insane desire to tell all that to this man, but she bit back the words. → bite back at bite1(12) |
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