eat

汉语翻译

vt. 吃, 腐蚀
vi. 吃, 腐蚀
相关词组:
eat one's words
eat of
eat off
eat out
eat up

词型变化：

名词:eater 动词过去式:ate 过去分词:eaten 现在分词:eating 第三人称单数:eats 

英语解释：

动词 eat:

1. take in solid food
2. eat a meal; take a meal
3. take in food; used of animals only
   同义词：feed
4. use up (resources or materials)
   同义词：consume, eat up, use up, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
5. worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
   同义词：eat on
6. cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
   同义词：corrode, rust

例句：

1. The children would eat themselves sick on chocolate if I let them.
   我要是让孩子由著性儿吃巧克力，他们会吃出病来。
2. Paying for that new carpet has eaten into my savings.
   付新地毯的款用去了我的一部分储蓄。
3. Since he left, she's been sitting at home eating her heart out.
   他走了以後，她一直坐在家里，心如刀割。
4. The Chinese eat with chopsticks.
   中国人用筷子吃饭。

详细解释：

eat

v.（动词）
ate[3t] eat.en[ôt.n] eat.ing,eats
v.tr.（及物动词）


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
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：
例句：
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

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：
例句：
.Covering news in the field eats money.(George F. Will)
.隐藏这一行业的消息会亏钱.(乔治F.威尔)

To erode or corrode:
侵蚀，吞噬：
例句：
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

To produce by or as if by eating:
啮食成…：啮或象是侵蚀而成：
例句：
Moths ate holes in our sweaters.
蛾把我们的毛衣上咬出小洞

Slang To absorb the cost or expense of:
【俚语】 吸收，收回：承担费用与损耗：
例句：
.You can eat your loss and switch the remaining money to other investment portfolios.(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)

Informal To bother or annoy:
【非正式用语】 烦恼或干扰：
例句：
What`s eating himô
什么事让他烦恼ô

v.intr.（不及物动词）


To consume food.
吃东西
To have or take a meal.
用餐
To exercise a consuming or eroding effect:
侵蚀，腐蚀：正在侵蚀或产生侵蚀性效果：
例句：
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

To cause persistent annoyance or distress:
使困扰，使烦恼：引起持续的烦恼或不安：
例句：
.How long will it be before the frustration eats at youô.(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：
例句：
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
To feel bitter anguish or grief.
痛苦：感到痛苦或沉痛
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：
例句：
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

来源：
Middle English eten
中古英语 eten
from Old English etan * see ed-
源自 古英语 etan *参见 ed-

【引伸】
eat.er
n.（名词）
<参考词汇><同义词>eat,consume,devour,ingestThe 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.：
例句：
ate a hearty dinner;
吃一顿可口的饭；

例句：
greedily consumed the sandwich;
贪婪地吃掉三明治；

例句：
hyenas devouring their prey;
猎狗吞下他们的猎物；

例句：
whales ingesting krill.
鲸鱼摄取磷虾