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eat/i:t/v. (past ate /et, eit/; past part. eaten /ˈi:t(ə)n/) 1a tr. take into the mouth, chew, and swallow (food) 吃，咀嚼；吞咽(食物) b intr. consume food; take a meal 吃饭，就餐 c tr. devour 咬，吞噬 eaten by a lion 被狮子吞噬 2 intr. (foll. by 后跟 (away) at, into)a destroy gradually, esp. by corrosion, erosion, disease, etc. 逐渐毁掉，耗尽；毁坏(尤指因风化、侵蚀、疾病等所致) b begin to consume or diminish (resources etc.) 开始消耗，耗尽(资源等) 3 tr. colloq. trouble, vex [口]麻烦事，烦扰 what's eating you? 什么事使你烦心？ □ eat dirt see 见 DIRT □ eat one's hat colloq. admit one's surprise in being wrong (only as a proposition unlikely to be fulfilled) [口]对自身犯错误表示惊异时的用语(只作为一种誓言、诅咒而无须兑现): said he would eat his hat 他说要是他…的话，就砍他的头 □ eat one's heart out suffer from excessive longing or envy 苦苦向往，极度渴望；非常羡慕 □ eat humble pie see 见 HUMBLE □ eat out have a meal away from home, esp. in a restaurant 上饭馆，下馆子，出去吃，(尤指)在餐馆里就餐 □ eat out of a person's hand be entirely submissive to a person 完全听从于某人，完全受某人支配 □ eat salt with see 见 SALT □ eat up 1 (also absol. [亦含宾]) eat or consume completely 吃光，吃完；耗尽 2 use or deal with rapidly or wastefully 很快用完，处理完；挥霍掉 eats up petrol 把汽油用尽； eats up the miles 迅速驶完 3 encroach upon or annex 侵占，占取 eating up the neighbouring states 蚕食，侵占周边国家(领土) 4 absorb, preoccupy 吞没；困扰；缠住；充满 eaten up with pride 骄傲得不行，骄傲之极 □ eat one's words admit that one was wrong 承认错误，收回讲过的话 [Old English etan, from Germanic] |