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eat AHD[ēt] D.J.[iːt]K.K.[it]v.（动词）ate[āt] eat.en[ētʹn] 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：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："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：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：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："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：What's eating him?什么事让他烦恼?
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：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："How long will it be before the frustration eats at you?”(Howard Kaplan)“沮丧还会困扰你多久？”(霍华德·卡普兰)
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
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：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
- Middle English eten 中古英语 eten
- from Old English etan * see ed- 源自 古英语 etan * 参见 ed-
eatʹer n.（名词）eat, consume, devour, ingest- 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”： ate a hearty dinner;吃一顿可口的饭；greedily consumed the sandwich;贪婪地吃掉三明治；hyenas devouring their prey;猎狗吞下他们的猎物；whales ingesting krill. 鲸鱼摄取磷虾
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