| 单词 | eat |
| 释义 | eat[i:t]vt. 吃, 腐蚀vi. 吃, 腐蚀相关词组:eat one's wordseat ofeat offeat outeat up eat eat AHD: [¶t] D.J. [i8t]K.K. [it]v.（动词） ate[³t] eat.en[¶t“n] eat.ing,eats v.tr.（及物动词）1. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption.吃：用嘴将物体摄入体内以消化或吸收2. To include habitually or by preference in one's diet:爱吃，习惯吃：由于习惯或偏好而经常吃：a bird that eats insects, fruit, and seeds; stopped eating red meat on advice from her doctor.习惯吃昆虫、水果和种子的鸟；她听医生的劝告停止吃红色肉类3. To consume, ravage, or destroy by or as if by ingesting:吞，蛀蚀：通过或象是通过消化来消耗、破坏：“Covering news in the field eats money”(&b{George F. Will})“隐藏这一行业的消息会亏钱”(乔治F.威尔)4. To erode or corrode:侵蚀，吞噬：waves that ate away the beach; an acid that eats the surface of a machine part.海浪侵蚀海滩；腐蚀机器零件表层的酸5. To produce by or as if by eating:啮食成…：啮或象是侵蚀而成：Moths ate holes in our sweaters.蛾把我们的毛衣上咬出小洞6. Slang To absorb the cost or expense of:【俚语】 吸收，收回：承担费用与损耗：“You can eat your loss and switch the remaining money to other investment portfolios”(&b{Marlys Harris})“你可以把损失吸收掉，然后用剩下的钱转而做其他投资”(马利斯·哈里斯)7. Informal To bother or annoy:【非正式用语】 烦恼或干扰：What's eating him?什么事让他烦恼?v.intr.（不及物动词）1. To consume food.吃东西2. To have or take a meal.用餐3. To exercise a consuming or eroding effect:侵蚀，腐蚀：正在侵蚀或产生侵蚀性效果：a drill that ate away at the rock; exorbitant expenses that were eating into profits.锤子把岩石敲掉；过度的花费会消耗利润4. To cause persistent annoyance or distress:使困扰，使烦恼：引起持续的烦恼或不安：“How long will it be before the frustration eats at you?”(&b{Howard Kaplan})“沮丧还会困扰你多久？”(霍华德·卡普兰)常用词组:eat up 【俚语】 To receive or enjoy enthusiastically or avidly:贪婪地吸收，为…欢呼：极热情地接受或贪婪地享用：She really eats up the constant publicity.她经常被宣传而乐不可支习惯用语:eat crow To be forced to accept a humiliating defeat.被迫承认屈辱性的失败eat (one's) heart out 1. To feel bitter anguish or grief.痛苦：感到痛苦或沉痛2. To be consumed by jealousy.极度嫉妒：被嫉妒心苦苦折磨着eat (one's) words To retract something that one has said.食言：对自己说的话又反悔eat out of (someone's) hand To be manipulated or dominated by another.受制于人：被他人控制或主宰着eat (someone) alive【俚语】 To overwhelm or defeat thoroughly:推翻或彻底打败：an inexperienced manager who was eaten alive in a competitive corporate environment.在各大公司的竞争中，一位毫无经验的经理被彻底打垮语源:1. Middle English eten 中古英语 eten 2. from Old English etan * see ed- 源自 古英语 etan *参见 ed- 继承用法:eat“er n.（名词）参考词汇:1. eat,consume,devour,ingest2. The central meaning shared by these verbs is “to take food into the body by the mouth”: 这些词共有的一个中心意义是“用嘴将食物摄入体内”： whales ingesting krill. 鲸鱼摄取磷虾 |
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