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eat
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- Conjugation :
past
ate
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pp
eaten
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ing
eating
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Derivatives :
n
eater
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- eat
[iːt]
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1.
vt.
[ food]
[ breakfast]
[ lunch]
[ etc]
吃
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2.
vi.
(consume food) 吃
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3.
vi.
(have a meal) 吃饭
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4.
vt.
see eat into
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- eat
[iːt]
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1.
vt.
吃
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There are dozens of good points about eating plenty of fruits.
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多吃水果有很多好处。
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What did you eat for dinner last night?
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昨天晚饭你吃的什么？
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She was eating a banana.
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她在吃香蕉。
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2.
vi.
吃饭，就餐
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We stopped looking for the treasure and started looking for something to eat.
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我们停止寻找宝藏，并开始寻找食物。
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We did not eat until 10 p.m. because there were so many phone calls.
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我们直到晚上十点才吃饭，因为电话太多了。
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I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation.
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我还没吃饭呢，因此，我很乐意接受你的邀请。
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3.
vt.
以……为食
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My cat only eats expensive caviar.
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我的猫只吃昂贵的鱼子酱。
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This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat.
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这只狗不吃某些肉。
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What do whales eat?
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鲸鱼吃什么？
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4.
vt.
[American English]
[Spoken]
使担忧，使焦虑
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Thinking about my tuition is eating me up!
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一想到学费我就焦虑不堪。
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What's eating you?
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什么事情让你不安？
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5.
vt.
消耗；耗尽
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These useless programs are eating up our resources.
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这些无用项目正消耗着我们的资源。
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6.
vt.
腐蚀，侵蚀
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The acid was eating through the steel.
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酸正在腐蚀钢铁。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- eat
[iːt]
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1.
vb
to take into the mouth and swallow (food, etc), esp after biting and chewing
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2.
vt.
[tr; often foll by away or up]
to destroy as if by eating
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the damp had eaten away the woodwork
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3.
vt.
[often foll by into]
to use up or waste
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taxes ate into his inheritance
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4.
vt.
[often foll by into or through]
to make (a hole, passage, etc) by eating or gnawing
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rats ate through the floor
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5.
vt.
to take or have (a meal or meals)
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we always eat at six
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6.
vt.
[tr]
to include as part of one's diet
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he doesn't eat fish
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7.
vt.
[tr]
[Spoken]
to cause to worry; make anxious
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what's eating you?
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8.
vt.
[tr]
[Slang]
to perform cunnilingus or fellatio upon
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9.
vt.
See also eat out eats eat up
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10.
vt.
[Etymology]
Old English etan; related to Gothic itan, Old High German ezzan, Latin edere, Greek edein, Sanskrit admi
Examples
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If you eat a bun or a cake you won't eat your chicken.
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如果你吃了一块小面包或者一块蛋糕，你就吃不下鸡肉了。
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barely enough to eat
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仅仅够吃
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to eat oneself sick
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吃得要呕吐
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to eat or drink one's fill
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吃饱或喝足
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to eat heartily
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大吃一顿
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