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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
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1.
vt.
[ food]
[ breakfast]
[ lunch]
[ etc]
吃
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- eat [ɪt] [ɪːt]
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- 1. vt. 主要用于英格兰，吃食；喝（汤）
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2.
vt.
吃完，吃光；耗尽；吞食掉，吞噬，吞没；毁坏（常与away或up连用）
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3.
vt.
（如酸）腐蚀，侵蚀
- 4. vt. 蛀，蛀蚀；销蚀
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5.
vt.
吃成某种状况；吃得…；猛吃
- to eat oneself sick
- 吃得要呕吐
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6.
vt.
[verbal]
因（商品滞销、倒帐等）被迫承受生意亏损
- 7. vt. [American English] [slang] 使烦恼，使焦虑；烦扰
- 8. vi. 吃，食；吃饭
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9.
vi.
蛀坏；腐蚀，侵蚀；耗尽，逐渐耗费某物（常与into连用）
- Bills can eat into money for rent that is already too high.
- 房租本来就够高了，这些帐单无疑会大大增加开销。
- Higher monthly payments eat into money available for vacations, retirement savings, educational nest eggs and other financial goals.
- 月供更高的话，就会消耗掉原本用于度假、退休储蓄、教育储备和其它财务支出的资金。
- This may only take a moment, but those moments pile up and eat into time that could be spent doing other things.
- 做这件事可能只消片刻，但一个个片刻累积起来，便消耗掉了本可去做其他事情的时间。
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10.
vt.
[slang]
承担某事的成本或花费
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 awayor up] to destroy as if by eating- the damp had eaten away the woodwork
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3.
vt.
[
often foll by into] to use up or waste- taxes ate into his inheritance
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4.
vt.
[
often foll by intoor through] to make (a hole, passage, etc) by eating or gnawing- rats ate through the floor
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5.
vt.
to take or have (a meal or meals)
- we always eat at six
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6.
vt.
[tr]
to include as part of one's diet
- he doesn't eat fish
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7.
vt.
[tr]
[informal]
to cause to worry; make anxious
- 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
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1.
vb
to take into the mouth and swallow (food, etc), esp after biting and chewing
Examples
- All men must eat.
- 人人都得吃(饭)。 → all
- barely enough to eat
- 仅仅够吃 → barely
- Do you care to eat now?
- 你现在想吃东西吗? → care
- to eat oneself sick
- 吃得要呕吐 → eat
- A fellow must eat.
- 一个人必须要吃饭。 → fellow
- to eat or drink one's fill
- 吃饱或喝足 → fill
- food fit to eat
- 适于食用的食物 → fit
- to eat heartily
- 大吃一顿 → heartily
- to eat once a day
- 一天吃一次 → once
- to proceed to eat one's dinner
- 开始吃晚饭 → proceed
nciku Note
you are what you eat 吃什么补什么
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you are what you eat A good diet is the key to good health! “you are what you eat”即吃什么补什么，所以要身体健康就一定要饮食健康。 The term "you are what you eat" can be a metaphor meaning the material we consume becomes us. |
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