eat

verb

1. 吃
   to put food in your mouth, chew it and swallow it
   1. I was too nervous to eat.
      我紧张得饭都吃不下。
   2. She doesn't eat sensibly (= doesn't eat food that is good for her) .
      她饮食不合理。
   3. I don't eat meat.
      我不吃肉。
   4. Would you like something to eat?
      你想吃点什么吗？
   5. I couldn't eat another thing (= I have had enough food) .
      我再也吃不下了。
2. 吃饭；用餐
   to have a meal
   1. Where shall we eat tonight?
      我们今晚在哪儿吃饭？
   2. We ate at a pizzeria in town.
      我们在城里一家比萨店用餐。

1. VERB 吃
   When you eat something, you put it into your mouth, chew it, and swallow it.
   1. She was eating a sandwich...
      她在吃三明治。
   2. The bananas should be eaten within two days...
      那些香蕉应该在两天内吃掉。
   3. We took our time and ate slowly.
      我们不慌不忙地慢慢吃着。
2. VERB （合理或健康地）饮食
   If you eat sensibly or healthily, you eat food that is good for you.
   1. ...a campaign to persuade people to eat more healthily.
      劝说人们饮食更加健康的宣传活动
3. VERB 用餐;吃饭
   If you eat, you have a meal.
   1. Let's go out to eat...
      我们出去吃吧。
   2. We ate lunch together a few times.
      我们一起吃过几次午餐。
4. VERB 使不安;使焦虑
   If something is eating you, it is annoying or worrying you.
   1. 'What the hell's eating you?' he demanded.
      “到底什么事让你心烦啊？”他问道。
5. PHRASE 完全听命于;完全受…支配
   If you have someone eating out of your hand, they are completely under your control.
   1. She usually has the press eating out of her hand.
      她通常都能将新闻界抓在自己手心。
6. PHRASE 比…还要厉害；令…妒忌
   People use eat your heart out with the name of a person when they are doing something that they think the person named might be jealous of.
   1. A limousine was sent to pick me up and deliver me to the set. Eat your heart out, Tom Selleck!...
      他们派了一辆豪华轿车来接我去片场，你就眼红吧，汤姆·塞立克！
   2. I want everyone back in Cleveland to be eating their crummy little hearts out.
      我想让家乡克利夫兰所有那些烂人都懊悔不已。
7. PHRASE （尤指客人）把…吃穷
   If you eat someone out of house and home, you eat a lot of their food, especially when you are living with them.
   1. Is Karen still eating you out of house and home?
      卡伦还在只顾吃光你的家当吗？
8. to be eaten alive → see: alive

1. She was eating a sandwich
   她在吃三明治。
2. The bananas should be eaten within two days
   那些香蕉应该在两天内吃掉。
3. We took our time and ate slowly.
   我们不慌不忙地慢慢吃着。
4. Let's go out to eat
   我们出去吃吧。
5. We ate lunch together a few times.
   我们一起吃过几次午餐。
6. 'What the hell's eating you?' he demanded.
   “到底什么事让你心烦啊？”他问道。
7. She usually has the press eating out of her hand.
   她通常都能将新闻界抓在自己手心。
8. A limousine was sent to pick me up and deliver me to the set. Eat your heart out, Tom Selleck!
   他们派了一辆豪华轿车来接我去片场，你就眼红吧，汤姆·塞立克！
9. I want everyone back in Cleveland to be eating their crummy little hearts out.
   我想让家乡克利夫兰所有那些烂人都懊悔不已。
10. Is Karen still eating you out of house and home?
    卡伦还在只顾吃光你的家当吗？
11. Eat up your lunch
    吃完你的中饭。
12. My family now accepts the fact that I don't eat sugar or bread
    我的家人现在都接受了我不吃糖和面包这件事。
13. Don't eat fatty food or chocolates
    不要吃高脂食物或巧克力。
14. It's healthy to eat when I'm hungry and to stop when I'm full.
    饿了就吃，饱了就停，这样很健康。
15. I was too hot and tired to eat more than a few mouthfuls
    我又热又累，只吃了几口就吃不下了。
16. It's safe to eat foods that have been irradiated to prolong their shelf life.
    食用经过辐射杀菌处理、延长了保质期的食品是安全的。
17. Maybe you shouldn't eat in that restaurant anymore
    也许你不该再去那家餐厅吃饭了。
18. My wife and I discovered some superb places to eat
    我和妻子发现了一些就餐的极好去处。
19. I can eat what I want but I never put on weight
    我能想吃什么就吃什么，但是体重从来不增加。
20. Most foods that we eat are safe for birds.
    我们食用的大多数食物对鸟类都无害。
21. I always spatter my blouse with gravy when I eat
    吃饭的时候，我总是把肉汁溅到衬衣上。
22. I can't eat all this food.
    这么多菜我吃不下。
23. Thanks, but I really can't eat any more.; Thanks, I've really had enough.
    谢谢，我实在吃不下了。
24. Why don't you eat it?
    你咋不吃？
25. Here's a bite to eat if anyone's hungry.
    这里有点吃的，谁饿了可以先点补点补。
26. If you eat so much, you will get fat.
    你要是吃得那么多，是会发胖的。
27. To eat putrid food is liable to get sick.
    吃了腐败的食物容易生病。
28. When you get hungry, just pluck a pear off the tree and eat it.
    肚子饿了你就从树上采摘一个梨吃吧。
29. The bread is too stale to eat.
    面包太陈不能吃了。
30. I can't eat any more; I'm full up.
    我不能再吃了，我已经很饱了。

  eat bolt chew devour【导航词义：吃】

  eat v. 吃，食用

〔辨析〕普通用词，通常指用餐、吃东西。

  bolt v. 狼吞虎咽

〔辨析〕指匆匆吞咽食物，通常与 down 连用。

  chew v. 嚼，咀嚼

〔辨析〕指用牙齿嚼碎食物等。

  devour v. 吞咽

〔辨析〕指饥饿时狼吞虎咽地吃东西，强调吃得快而彻底。

eat sth↔away

1. 侵蚀；腐蚀；逐渐破坏
   to reduce or destroy sth gradually
   1. I was too nervous to eat.
      我紧张得饭都吃不下。
   2. She doesn't eat sensibly (= doesn't eat food that is good for her) .
      她饮食不合理。
   3. I don't eat meat.
      我不吃肉。
   4. Would you like something to eat?
      你想吃点什么吗？
   5. I couldn't eat another thing (= I have had enough food) .
      我再也吃不下了。

eat away at sth/sb

1. 侵蚀；腐蚀；逐渐破坏
   to reduce or destroy sth gradually
2. （一段时间内）使某人苦恼，使某人担心
   to worry sb over a period of time

eat into sth

1. 消耗，花掉，耗费（尤指金钱或时间）
   to use up a part of sth, especially sb's money or time
2. 腐蚀，损坏（物体表面）
   to destroy or damage the surface of sth

eat out

1. 上馆子吃饭；在外用餐
   to have a meal in a restaurant, etc. rather than at home

eat up

eat sth↔up

1. 吃完；吃光
   to eat all of sth

eat sb up

1. （情感）使沉迷，使焦虑，使纠缠
   to fill sb with a particular emotion so that they cannot think of anything else

eat sth↔up

1. （大量地）耗费，花费，损耗
   to use sth in large quantities

v.

eat sb alive

• （对某人极为气愤而）尖锐批评，严厉惩罚，横加指责
  to criticize or punish sb severely because you are extremely angry with them
• （辩论、比赛等中）大败某人，完全战胜某人
  to defeat sb completely in an argument, a competition, etc.
  1. The defence lawyers are going to eat you alive tomorrow.
     辩护律师明天一定会彻底打败你们。
• （多次）叮，蜇
  to bite sb many times
  1. I was being eaten alive by mosquitoes.
     蚊子要把我活活吃了。

eat, drink and be merry

• 行乐要及时
  said to encourage sb to enjoy life now, while they can, and not to think of the future

eat your heart out!

• （比较两事物）比…还好
  used to compare two things and say that one of them is better
  1. Look at him dance! Eat your heart out, Fred Astaire (= he dances even better than Fred Astaire) .
     看看他跳的舞！比弗雷德∙阿斯泰尔跳得还好。

eat your heart out (for sb/sth)

• （因对某人或某事物所存希望不会实现而）极度不快
  to feel very unhappy, especially because you want sb/sth you cannot have

eat humble pie

• 认错；道歉；赔罪
  to say and show that you are sorry for a mistake that you made

eat like a horse

• 吃得很多
  to eat a lot
  1. She may be thin, but she eats like a horse.
     她或许是瘦了点，但吃得却很多。

eat out of your/sb's hand

• 甘愿听命于某人；顺从某人
  to trust sb and be willing to do what they say
  1. She'll have them eating out of her hand in no time.
     她很快就会让他们俯首帖耳的。

eat sb out of house and home

• 把某人吃穷
  to eat a lot of sb else's food

eat your words

• 收回前言；承认说错
  to admit that what you said was wrong

I could eat a horse

• 我饿极了
  used to say that you are very hungry

I'll eat my hat

• （认为不可能发生）我才不信，那才怪，绝不可能
  used to say that you think sth is very unlikely to happen
  1. If she's here on time, I'll eat my hat!
     她要是准时到这儿那才怪咧！

what's eating him, etc.?

• 他为何苦恼（或担忧）
  used to ask what sb is annoyed or worried about

have your cake and eat it

• 得其利而无其弊；两者兼得
  to have the advantages of sth without its disadvantages; to have both things that are available

(a case of) dog eat dog

• 残酷无情的竞争；损人利己的角逐；相互残杀
  a situation in business, politics, etc. where there is a lot of competition and people are willing to harm each other in order to succeed
  1. I'm afraid in this line of work it's a case of dog eat dog.
     恐怕在这种行业中竞争是残酷无情的。
  2. We're operating in a dog-eat-dog world.
     我们是在一个残酷竞争的世界里立足。

verb

1. cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
   1. The acid corroded the metal
   2. The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink

   Synonym:    corroderust

2. use up (resources or materials)
   1. this car consumes a lot of gas
   2. We exhausted our savings
   3. They run through 20 bottles of wine a week

   Synonym:    consumeeat upuse updepleteexhaustrun throughwipe out

3. eat a meal
   1. We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls
   2. I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation

4. take in solid food
   1. She was eating a banana
   2. What did you eat for dinner last night?

5. take in food
   1. This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat
   2. What do whales eat?

   Synonym:    feed

6. worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
   1. What's eating you?

   Synonym:    eat on