eat

[i:t]

v.吃, 吃饭, 喝
v.侵蚀, 消耗, 困扰

vt.

1. 吃; 喝

He ate his breakfast quickly.

他匆匆地吃了早餐。

2. 腐蚀(金属等); 蛀; 耗完; 毁坏[O]

The sea had eaten away much of the shore.

海水浸蚀了大片海岸。

3. 【口】使烦恼; 使不安

Could you tell me what is eating her?

你能告诉我她为什么烦恼吗?

vi.

1. 进食; 用膳

Where shall we eat today?

今天我们去哪里吃饭?

2. 腐蚀; 侵蚀; 损耗; 毁坏[Q]

The acid has eaten through the metal cover.

酸已把金属盖子蚀穿了。

词形变化

名词: eater | 动词过去式: ate | 动词过去分词: eaten | 动词现在分词: eating | 动词第三人称单数: eats |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.吃

dine  consume  chew  swallow  devour  feed  graze  nibble  gobble  gulp

vt.腐蚀; 损耗

corrode  erode  waste away  

同义参见:

mouth  diet  swallow  snack  fare  prey  

反义:

vt.vi.吃; 喝; 进食

vomit  

英英释义

动词 eat:

take in solid food

eat a meal; take a meal

take in food; used of animals only

同义词：feed

use up (resources or materials)

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

worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way

同义词：eat on

cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid

同义词：corrode, rust

短语词组

eat away

1. 侵蚀

Rust is eating away the iron hinge.

铁锈正腐蚀着铁铰链。

2. 继续吃; 尽情地吃

They had been eating away for two hours.

他们已经吃了两个小时, 还在吃。

eat into

1. 侵蚀

The acid eats into metals quickly.

酸腐蚀金属很快。

2. 逐渐耗尽

Her extravagance ate into her husband's inheritances.

她挥霍无度, 使她丈夫所得的遗产日益减少。

eat out

1. 上馆子吃饭

They usually eat out on Sundays.

星期天他们通常上馆子吃饭。

2. 锈坏; 使腐烂

Rust had eaten out the gun barrel.

枪筒已被锈蚀。

eat up

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。

补充

eateat英:[i:t] 美:[it]vt. & vi.1.吃, 喝; 吃饭He was too ill to eat.他病重得不能吃东西。When do we eat?我们什么时候吃饭?We have eaten already.我们已经吃过了。Don't eat so quickly.不要吃这么快。We eat at noon.我们中午进餐。I will eat at home.我愿在家吃饭。Sugar canes eat sweet.甘蔗吃起来很甜。Crackers alone eat very dry.光吃饼干口很干。It eats crisp.这东西吃上去松脆。This fish eats well.这鱼好吃。We eat to live, not live to eat.我们吃饭是为了活着, 而不是活着为了吃饭。What shall we eat?我们该吃什么?She never eats fat.她从不吃肥肉。She doesn't eat potatoes.她不吃土豆。He ate a piece of pear.他吃了一片梨。She had never eaten Chinese food before.她以前从未吃过中餐。What do you usually eat for lunch?你午饭通常吃什么?He eats a big supper.他晚饭吃得很多。Tigers eat meat.老虎吃肉。I made a fierce countenance as if I would eat him alive.我脸色恶狠狠地, 仿佛要把他活生生地吞下去。Don't eat the rice cold.别吃凉饭。John and Mary ate their dinner cold.约翰和玛丽吃了凉的饭菜。They usually ate the herb raw.他们经常吃未煮过的药草。

例句

1. Try to eat your food more slowly.慢点吃。 2. What do hamsters eat?仓鼠吃什么？ 3. Phyllis is a vegetarian, but she does eat fish.菲莉丝是个素食者, 不过鱼她还是吃的。 4. Mice have eaten a hole in the bag.老鼠把口袋咬了个洞。 5. a campaign to persuade people to eat more healthily劝说人们吃得更加健康的宣传活动 6. Don't eat with your mouth open.吃东西时别张着嘴。 7. Let's go out to eat.咱们出去吃吧。 8. went to a restaurant where we had never eaten before去一家我们没有吃过的餐馆 9. A limousine was sent to pick me up and deliver me to the set. eat your heart out, Tom Selleck!一辆豪华轿车来接我并把我送到片场。嫉妒去吧, 汤姆•塞莱克！ 10. When Jan came home fourth, of course, I was forced to eat my words.当简赢得第四名归来时, 我当然不得不认错。 11. The band enjoyed an acclaim that made the original critics eat their words.乐队赢得喝彩, 这使得原先那些评论家们不得不收回前言。 12. She usually has the press eating out of her hand.她通常把媒体玩弄于股掌之中。 13. I'll eat my hat if you ever see that young woman or your money again.你这辈子要是能再见到那个女人或者你的钱, 我就把我的名字倒过来写。 14. I wonder what's eating Gilbert. He's as jumpy as a cat this morning.吉尔伯特这是怎么了？他一早上都神经兮兮的。 15. to eat a dinner(或 meal)吃一顿(饭菜) 16. Tigers eat meat.老虎吃肉。 17. The children have been eating away for more than an hour.孩子们一直吃了一个多钟头。 18. Come on,children,eat up!来吧，孩子们，尽情地吃吧! 19. to eat oneself sick吃得要呕吐 20. a forest eaten by fire被大火吞噬的森林 21. Acids eat metals.酸会腐蚀金属。 22. The patient was eaten by disease and pain.病人被疾病和痛苦侵袭。 23. The acid ate holes in the cloth.布被酸腐蚀了几个洞。 24. to eat the damage承受损失 25. to eat a decision取消决议 26. what's eating him?他有什么烦恼?他有什么揪心的事儿? 27. to eat a book吹捧一本书 28. The train ate the miles eastwards.火车飞速向东驶去。 29. You should not eat his remark.你不应全信他的话。 30. We'll eat at seven o'clock.我们将于7点吃饭。 31. It eats crisp.这东西吃起来很松脆。 32. Acid ate through the linoleum.酸会把油地毡蚀穿。 33. he was eating a hot dog.他正在吃热狗。 34. eat up all your peas.把你的豆角吃完。 35. [no obj.]she watched her son as he ate.她看着她儿子吃东西。 36. we ate dinner in a noisy cafe.我们在一家嘈杂的餐厅吃了饭。 37. eat your heart out, those who missed the trip.后悔去吧，那些没去旅行的人。 38. they will eat their words when I win.等我赢了，他们就会收回前言。 39. if he comes back, I'll eat my hat.如果他回来，就砍我的脑袋。 40. the acid began to eat away at the edge of her tunic.酸开始逐渐地腐蚀她束腰外衣的边缘。 41. the knowledge of his affair still ate away at her.他的风流韵事对她的伤害仍然在慢慢加深。 42. sales were hard hit by high interest rates eating into disposable income.由于高利率消耗了人们的可支配收入，销售因而严重受挫。 43. I'm eaten up with guilt.我的心中充满了犯罪感。 44. an operating system that eats up 200Mb of disk space.一个占用200兆字节磁盘空间的操作系统。 45. this is the countryside that villagers fear will be eaten up by concrete.这就是当地人担心会被钢筋水泥蚕食的乡村地区。 46. Who ate all the biscuits?谁把饼干都吃完了？ 47. eat your dinner up, Joe (= finish it all).乔，把晚饭吃干净。 48. She doesn't eat properly. No wonder she's so thin.她不好好吃饭，怪不得那么瘦。 49. What time shall we eat?我们什么时候吃饭？ 50. The sea had eaten away at the cliff.海水已经把崖壁冲蚀了。 51. Would you like to eat out tonight?今晚我们下馆子，好吗？ 52. You'll feel better if you eat something.如果吃点东西，你会感觉好些。 53. I ate a big breakfast so I'm not very hungry.我早饭吃得很丰盛，所以不太饿。 54. Let's grab a bite to eat. = Let's get something to eat.我们找点东西吃吧。 55. I've been trying to watch what I eat. [=to be more careful about eating healthy foods and not eating too much]我一直非常注意自己的饮食。 56. I'm hungry. Let's eat.我饿了，咱们吃吧。 57. They like to eat at home.他们喜欢在家里吃。 58. It's important to eat right. [=to eat healthy foods]饮食健康很重要。 59. We like to eat out on Fridays.我们每周五都喜欢下馆子吃饭。 60. Let's eat in tonight.今晚咱们在家吃吧。 61. The rocks were eaten away by erosion.岩石被逐渐风化。 62. Marketing costs ate into their profits.营销成本耗掉了他们的利润。 63. The acids were eating away at the metal finish.酸性物质腐蚀了金属饰面。 64. The failure of his business has eaten away at his confidence.生意场上的失利逐渐磨灭了他的信心。 65. What's eating you?什么事惹你生气了？ 66. He had them eating out of his hand. [=he controlled them completely]他完全控制住了他们。 67. He was forced to eat crow when the company fired him.公司解雇了他，这使他不得不服输。 68. They had to eat humble pie when the rumors they were spreading were proved false.当他们散布的谣言被证实不实之后，他们不得不承认了错误。 69. The mosquitoes were eating us alive. [=we were being bitten frequently by many mosquitoes]蚊子老是叮咬我们。 70. Their competitors are going to eat them alive if they don't cut their prices.如果他们不降价，竞争对手将会向他们重拳出击。 71. "If this story gets out, the press will eat him alive."如果这件事抖搂出去，媒体将不会饶了他。 72. eat up! Your dinner is getting cold.快吃！饭都要凉了。 73. eat your dinner up before it gets cold.趁饭没凉赶紧吃完。 74. This project has been eating up a large part of the budget.这个项目用掉了大部分预算。 75. Your savings may be eaten up by inflation.你的积蓄可能会因通货膨胀而耗尽。 76. 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。 77. "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。 78. "“eat your heart out,” he jokingly told his friend before getting on his new boat."“羡慕吧！”登上他的新船之前他开玩笑地对朋友说。 79. She said she would eat her words if the wedding wasn't called off.她说如果婚礼取消，她会收回前言。 80. "They promised success, but if things don't get better soon, they may have to eat their words."他们曾保证成功，但如果情况不能很快好转，他们或许只能认错了。 81. "If he wins the election, I'll eat my hat! [=I don't believe he has any chance to win the election]"我绝对不信他能赢得这次选举。 82. an eatable [=(more commonly) edible] plant可食用植物 83. a picky eater [=someone who dislikes many kinds of food]挑食的人 84. a big eater [=someone who eats a lot]饭量大的人 85. eat your dinner.把饭吃了。 86. By noon they had consumed all of their food supplies.到中午时他们已经吃光了所有储备的食物。 87. The hungry children devoured the grapes.那群饥饿的孩子狼吞虎咽地吃下了葡萄。