eat
verb [ I or T ] uk/iːt/ us/iːt/ ate | eaten
A1 吃
to put or take food into the mouth, chew it (= crush it with the teeth), and swallow it
Do you eat meat? 你吃肉吗？
When I've got a cold, I don't feel like eating. 我感冒时没有食欲。
We usually eat (= have a meal) at about seven o'clock. 我们通常在7点前后吃饭。
- More examples
- I don't eat meat and my husband doesn't either.
- How many pieces of fresh fruit do you eat in a day?
- Jane never eats breakfast.
- I offered him a biscuit and he ate the whole plateful.
- He paused for a moment to listen and then continued eating.
Idioms More idioms
eaten up with/by somethingidiom informal 被（某种消极情绪）所折磨;内心充满（某种消极情绪）
If someone is eaten up with/by a negative emotion, they are experiencing it very strongly.
He was so eaten up with guilt, he became ill. 心中的愧疚无时无刻不在折磨着他，最终他病倒了。
eat someone aliveidiom 愤怒地批评…
to criticize someone very angrily
If we get our facts wrong we'll be eaten alive by the press. 如果我们把事实弄错了，媒体会对我们大肆发难的。
eat someone for breakfastidiom informal 不费吹灰之力制服（或打败）
to be able to very easily control or defeat someone
He eats people like you for breakfast. 像你这样的人，他不费吹灰之力就给制服帖了。
eat your heart outidiom humorous （后接一个名人的名字，开玩笑地说比其还要强）比你强多了，你算老几
If you say "eat your heart out" followed by the name of a famous person, you are joking that you are even better than that person.
I'm singing in the village production of Tosca next month - eat your heart out Pavarotti! 下个月我们村剧团要上演《托斯卡》，我会上台一展歌喉——帕瓦罗蒂，我比你强多了！
eat humble pieidiom informal (US also eat crow) 认错;道歉
to admit that you were wrong
After boasting that his company could outperform the industry's best, he's been forced to eat humble pie. 他吹嘘他的公司可以压倒业内最好的企业，但之后，他就不得不承认言过其实了。
eat like a birdidiom informal 吃得很少；饭量极小
to always eat a small amount of food
You eat like a bird – I don't know how you stay healthy. 你吃得太少了——我不知道你怎么能保持健康。
eat like a horseidiom informal 吃得很多;饭量极大
to always eat a lot of food
She's so thin, yet she eats like a horse. 她那么瘦，可饭量极大。
eat someone out of house and homeidiom humorous 把…吃穷;吃光…的家当
to eat a lot of the food someone has in their house
eat your wordsidiom 承认自己说错了话
to admit that something you said before was wrong
Sam said it would never sell, but when he sees these sales figures he'll have to eat his words. 萨姆曾说这个永远不会有销路。可他要是看到这些销售数字，就得承认自己错了。
have someone eating out of your handidiom informal 牵着…的鼻子走；使…百依百顺；将…治得服服帖帖
to easily make someone do or think what you want
Within two minutes of walking into the classroom, she had the kids eating out of her hand. 她走进教室不到两分钟，就把这帮孩子治得服服帖帖的。
I'll eat my hatidiom old-fashioned 我敢打赌…绝对不可能发生，要是…发生我把头给你
used to say that you are sure something will not happen
If she actually marries him I'll eat my hat. 她要是真的会嫁给他，我就把脑袋给你。
(I'm so hungry), I could eat a horseidiom humorous 我饿极了。
used to say that you are extremely hungry
what's eating someone?idiom informal 是什么使…烦心？
used to ask why someone seems angry or upset
Jack's in a strange mood - I wonder what's eating him? 杰克今天脾气怪怪的，什么事儿让他那么烦啊？
Phrasal verbs
eat away at something 逐渐毁掉；侵蚀；损耗
to gradually damage or destroy something
eat away at someone 长期困扰;烦扰
If a bad memory or feeling eats away at someone, it makes them feel more and more unhappy.
eat in 在家吃饭
to have a meal at home rather than in a restaurant
eat into something 消耗，花掉，耗费（金钱或时间）
to use or take away a large part of something valuable, such as money or time
The high cost of living in London is eating into my savings. 伦敦生活费用太高了，我的积蓄都花出去不少了。
eat outB1 去饭店吃饭;在外用餐
to eat in a restaurant
When I lived in Spain, I used to eat out all the time. 我住在西班牙的时候，天天去外面吃饭。
eat (something) upB2 吃完，吃光
to eat all the food that you have been given
Be a good boy and eat up your vegetables. 好孩子，乖，把蔬菜都吃了。
eat up something （大量）耗费，损耗
to use or take away a large part of something valuable
A big old car like that eats up petrol. 像那样的老式大型车很耗油。