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eat (obj) HAVE FOODi:tvpast simple ate et, eIt, past part eaten H9i:YtEn, $-Ento put or take (food) into the mouth, chew it, and swallow it吃;吃饭People who are vegetarian don't eat meat. [T]食素的人不吃肉。When I've got a cold, I don't feel like eating. [I]我感冒的时候就不想吃东西。We usually eat (= have a meal) at about 7 o'clock. [I]我们通常大约在7点吃饭。(Am infml) If you eat a cost or expense, you accept that you will not profit from it.(美国口语)承受损失，强咽下The agency paid a lot to sign the celebrity to a contract, and now that he's dead they'll just have to eat it. [T]代理处花了一大笔钱请一名人在合同上签字，现在他死了，他们只得承受损失。I'm really tired of restaurants--shall we eat in (= have a meal at home) tonight? [I]我真的对餐馆厌倦了----我们今晚在家里吃饭行吗?We eat out (= have a meal at a restaurant, or at someone else's house) several times a week. [I]我们一星期中有几次在外面吃饭。I gave my dog some pasta and she ate it up (= ate it all) eagerly. [M]我给了狗一些馅饼，它迫不急待地全吃完了。(infml esp. humorous) If you say ( I am so hungry) I could eat a horse, you mean that you are extremely hungry.(口语，指个人而言，含幽默义)十分饥饿;饿极(infml) If someone eats like a horse, they always eat a lot of food.吃得很多You'd better cook plenty of food if your brother's coming to dinner--you know he eats like a horse!要是你弟弟来吃饭的话，你最好烧好足够的饭菜----你知道他饭量很大！(infml) If a person eats someone for breakfast, they can very easily control or defeat the other person.(口语)能支配、控制、利用Our boss eats people like you for breakfast.我们老板能控制像你这样的人。If you eat for comfort, you eat because you are feeling anxious or upset and not because you are hungry.因情绪低落为求慰藉而进食(infml esp. humorous) If you eat someone out of house and home, you eat a lot of the food they have in their house, usually while you are staying with them.把…吃穷了(infml) If you have someone eating out of your hand, they always eagerly do what you ask them to do.使顺从Within two minutes of walking into the classroom, she had the kids eating out of her hand.她走进教室才2分钟，孩子们就都顺从她了。(infml 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.(戏谑用法，后接著名人士)比(某名人)还要好I'm singing in the village production of Tosca next month--eat your heart our Pavarotti!我下个月将在乡村排演的《托斯卡》中演唱----比我们的帕瓦罗蒂还棒呢！(infml) If you eat humble pie / eat your words / (Am and Aus also) eat crow, you are forced to admit you were wrong.低头认错You'd better be sure you've got the sales figures right, otherwise you'll be eating humble pie for a long time.你最好确定没把销售数字弄错，否则很长一段时间内你得低头认罪。If she marries him I'll eat my hat (= I will be extremely surprised).我才不相信她会嫁给他。An eating apple is an apple that can be eaten raw, rather than cooked.可生吃的苹果 [COOK中的cooking apple]Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die (saying, based on several passages in the Bible)吃、喝、玩乐，因为明天我们走向死亡。 (与《圣经》内容有关的谚语)
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