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| 1 | I/T to use your teeth to cut or break something , usually in order to eat it 咬；咬断 |
| I wish you wouldn’ t bite your nails. 我希望你不要咬指甲。 |
| +into Tom had just bitten into a chicken sandwich. 汤姆刚刚咬了一口鸡肉三明治。 |
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| 2 | I/T if a snake or insect bites you , it makes a small hole in your skin （蛇或昆虫）咬，叮，蛰 |
| I’ d been bitten by mosquitoes in the night. 夜里我被蚊子咬了。 |
| Does your dog bite? 你的狗咬人吗？ |
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| 3 | I if a fish bites, it eats the food that you have put on the hook in order to catch it （鱼）吞饵，咬饵，上钩 |
| The fish don’ t seem to be biting today. 鱼今天似乎不上钩。 |
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| 4 | I to have an unpleasant effect 产生不良影响；起坏的效果 |
| The figures show that the economic slowdown is beginning to bite. 数字表明经济发展速度放缓开始产生不良后果。 |
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| - | be bitten by the...bug informal
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| to become very enthusiastic about something |
| 被…迷住 |
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| Joe was bitten by the acting bug as a five-year-old. 乔5岁时迷上了表演。 |
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| - | bite the bullet informal
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| to force yourself to do something difficult or unpleasant that you have been avoiding doing |
| 咬紧牙关（做难事或不快之事）；硬着头皮对付 |
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| We’ ll just have to bite the bullet and get on with it. 我们只能咬紧牙关，继续做这件事。 |
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| - | bite the dust informal
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| to fail , die , or stop existing |
| 失败；死亡；不复存在 |
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| All hope of them winning the championship eventually bit the dust. 他们赢得冠军的所有希望最终都成了泡影。 |
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| - | bite the hand that feeds you
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| to do something bad to someone who has been good to you and whose help you need |
| 恩将仇报；以怨报德 |
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| - | bite sb’ s head off informal
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| to react angrily or rudely to someone when you have no reason for doing this |
| （无端）对某人发脾气，责骂某人 |
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| There’ s no need to bite my head off. I was just asking a simple question. 你没有必要对我发脾气。我只是问一个简单的问题。 |
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| - | bite me AMERICAN very informal
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| used for rudely telling someone that you are upset or annoyed with something they have just said or done |
| 烦死我了；气死我了 |
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| - | bite your tongue/lip
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| to stop yourself from saying something that might upset or annoy someone |
| 忍住不说 |
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| - | it/that bites (the big one) AMERICAN spoken
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| used for saying that you are disappointed or unhappy with something that has happened |
| 令人失望；令人不愉快 |
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| - | once bitten twice shy
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| used for saying that someone will be careful about doing something again or unwilling to do it again because they failed or were hurt the first time they did it |
| 一次被咬，下次胆小；一朝遭蛇咬，十年怕井绳 |
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| - | sb won’ t bite spoken
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| used for telling someone not to be afraid of a particular person |
| 某人不会咬人；某人没什么可怕的 |
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| Just ask her. She won’ t bite, you know. 直接问她。她没什么可怕的，你知道。 |
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| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˌbite ˈback |
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| 1 | T bite back sth: to stop yourself from saying what you think 把（话）咽下去；强忍住不说 | Paul bit back an angry reply. 保罗把愤怒的回答强忍回去。 | |
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| 2 | I to react angrily to someone who has done or said something unpleasant to you 反驳；反唇相讥 | It was his instinct to bite back. 反唇相讥是他的本能。 | |
| - | ˈbite ˌinto |
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| | bite into sth: to press hard into a surface 刺进；砍入；割入；陷进 | The metal collar bit into his neck. 金属项圈勒进了他的脖子。 | |
| - | ˈbite ˌoff |
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| | to separate something from the main part by biting 咬掉；咬下 | I bit off a chunk of chocolate. 我咬下一块巧克力。 | |
| | - | bite off more than you can chew
| | to try to do too much or something that is too hard for you | | 试图做过多的事；试图做力所不及之事 | | | | | |
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