查词 - eat

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FOOD

食物

to put food in your mouth and chew and swallow it 吃 I,T

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MEAL

饭

to have a meal 吃（饭） I,T

Let’s eat first and then go to a movie.

我们先吃饭然后再去看电影吧。

They’re eating breakfast.

他们在吃早饭。

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We could not afford to eat at Walker’s very often.

我们没那么多钱，不能常去沃克餐馆吃饭。

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eat your words

to admit that what you said was wrong 承认自己说错了话

I’m going to make you eat your words.

我要让你承认自己说错了话。

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eat your heart out

a. used to say, especially humorously, that something is very good b. to be unhappy about something or to want someone or something very much [英] 沮丧; 渴求〔某人或某物〕 BrE

That’s a great drawing. Pablo Picasso eat your heart out!

那幅画真棒，比毕加索强多了！

If you had any sense you’d forget him, but eat your heart out if you want to.

如果你有点理智就得把他忘掉，但要是你想这样做也会很难受。

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eat sb alive/eat sb for breakfast

to be very angry with someone or to defeat them completely 对某人大发脾气; 彻底打败某人

You can’t tell him that – he’ll eat you alive!

你不能告诉他那件事，他会气得活吞了你！

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USE

使用

to use a very large amount of something 大量消耗 T

This car eats petrol.

这车耗油太多。

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eat humble pie eat crow

also 又作 to admit that you were wrong and say that you are sorry 认错 AmE

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I’ll eat my hat

used to emphasize that you think something is not true or will not happen 我才不信〔强调某事不是真的或不可能发生〕

If the Democrats win the election, I’ll eat my hat!

如果民主党选举赢了，我把脑袋给你！

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have sb eating out of your hand

to have made someone very willing to believe you or do what you want 使某人俯首听命，使某人百依百顺

He soon had the client eating out of his hand.

他很快就使客户言听计从了。

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eat sb out of house and home

10. to eat a lot of someone’s supply of food, so that they have to buy more – used humorously 把某人吃穷〔幽默用法〕

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what’s eating sb?

11. used to ask why someone seems annoyed or upset [口] 是什么让某人烦心？ spoken

What’s eating Sally today?

今天萨莉为什么心烦呀？

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I could eat a horse

12. used to say you are very hungry [口] 我饿极了 spoken

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I/we won’t eat you

13. used to tell someone that you are not angry with them and they need not be frightened [口] 〔让某人别怕〕我/我们不会把你吃了的 spoken

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you are what you eat

14. used to say that you will be healthy if the food you eat is healthy 健康依赖于饮食

15 to gradually remove or destroy something 侵蚀; 毁坏;

The stones are being eaten away by pollution.

石头正受到污染侵蚀。

16 to gradually remove or reduce the amount of something 侵蚀; 消耗

His gambling was eating away at their income.

他的赌博在逐渐消耗他们的收入。

17 to make someone feel very worried over a long period of time 〔长期地〕困扰，烦扰

The thought of mother alone like that was eating away at her.

一想起母亲孤身一人的情景，她心里就不好受。

18 to eat at home instead of in a restaurant 在家吃饭

19 to gradually reduce the amount of time, money etc that is available 消耗〔时间、金钱等〕

John’s university fees have been eating into our savings.

约翰上大学的费用花掉了我们的部分积蓄。

20 to gradually damage or destroy something 侵蚀; 腐蚀; 逐渐损毁

Acid eats into the metal, damaging its surface.

酸腐蚀金属，损坏其表面。

21 to eat in a restaurant instead of at home 上馆子吃饭

Do you eat out a lot?

你常上馆子吗？

22 to eat all of something 吃完，吃光

Come on, eat up, there’s a good girl.

快点儿，全都吃完，这才是乖女孩。

eat sth ↔ up

She’s made a cake and wants us to help eat it up.

她做了个蛋糕，要我们帮忙把它吃完。

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eat sth up

↔ to use a lot of something, especially until there is none left 用光某物; 耗尽某物 informal

Big cars just eat up money.

开大车只会把钱耗光。

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be eaten up with/by jealousy/anger/curiosity etc

to be very jealous, angry etc, so that you cannot think about anything else 嫉妒/愤怒/好奇之极等