eat up 详细解释

eat up

吃光, 吃完

1. 吃完; 吞噬

Eat up the dinner while it is still warm.

趁饭还热, 快把它吃完。

2. 消耗; 用完

The work ate up all his time.

那工作占用了他所有的时间。

词义辨析

同义参见:

consume  

英英释义

动词 eat up:

finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table

同义词:finish, polish off

use up (resources or materials)

同义词:consume, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out

enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

同义词:immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury

补充

eat upeat up1.吃光; 尽情地吃Eat up, children!孩子们, 把饭都吃光!Tom was really hungry and ate up everything served.汤姆确实饿坏了, 把端到桌上的东西吃得精光。In a short while, the cat ate up the fish.不久, 那只猫便将鱼吃个精光。2.耗尽; 吞没I can't afford the vacation, for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假, 那样会把我的积蓄用光的。It's true that it's a comfortable car, but it eats up the petrol.这辆车确实舒服, 但耗油量太大了。The flames ate up the building.大火烧毁了房子。Wage increases were eaten up by the rise in the cost of living.工资的增加全给生活费用的上涨抵消掉了。3.使苦恼, 使精疲力竭The tedious job simply ate me up.那单调乏味的工作简直把我烦死了。4.盲目相信, 全盘接受I ate up everything he said.我把他的话一股脑儿全听进去了。5.〈非正〉击败; 毁掉, 搞垮He was such a clever speaker that he always ate up the opposition.他是个很精明的演说家, 总能击败对手。

例句

1. Some seed fell along the footpath, and the birds came and ate it up.一些种子掉在小路上, 鸟儿们飞来吃光了。 2. Rising costs were eating up most of the profits.费用上涨吞噬了大部分利润。 3. It eats up electricity.它的用电量很大。 4. The man was so eaten up with jealousy, he would not let her out of his sight.这个男人因为忌妒失去理智, 不许她离开半步。 5. I suggest we eat up quickly and get back on the road.我提议咱们赶紧吃完继续上路。 6. Come on,my boy,eat up!来吧,我儿,尽情地吃吧! 7. Idleness eats up time.闲散浪费光阴。 8. The house was eaten up by flame.这房子被火吞灭了。 9. She was such a clever player that she always ate up the opposition.她是一个很机敏的运动员,所以总能击败对手。 10. She was eaten up with pride.她被骄傲冲昏了头脑。 11. He was eaten up with disease.他疾病缠身。 12. The students are eating up the course in TOEFL.学生们正在拼命啃“托福”课程。 13. I could eat you up;you're so cute.你那么逗人爱,我很喜欢你。 14. That car just eats up the miles.那辆汽车只一会儿就驶完了那段数英里长的路。 15. I can tell that there's something wrong by the way you've been behaving. What's eating you up?从你的举止可看出有些失常了。什么事使你苦恼? 16. eat up! Your dinner is getting cold.快吃!饭都要凉了。 17. Eat your dinner up before it gets cold.趁饭没凉赶紧吃完。 18. This project has been eating up a large part of the budget.这个项目用掉了大部分预算。 19. Your savings may be eaten up by inflation.你的积蓄可能会因通货膨胀而耗尽。 20. He was eaten up with envy of his brother's success.他因嫉妒哥哥的成功而陷入烦恼。 21. "I thought the speech was stupid, but the audience ate it up."我觉得这个演讲很无聊,但听众对此非常喜欢。