eat   (發音)

eat

[基本字彙]

【動詞】

ate, eat.en, eat.ing, eats

1 a. 吃, 食用

b. 習慣吃

a bird that eats insects, fruit, and seeds習慣吃昆蟲, 水果和種子的鳥

stopped eating red meat on advice from her doctor她聽醫生的勸告而停止吃紅肉

2 吞; 嚙食; 蛀蝕

"Covering news in the field eats money." （George F. Will）隱藏這一行業的消息會虧錢

3 侵蝕, 腐蝕

waves that ate away the beach 海浪把沙灘侵蝕掉

an acid that eats the surface of a machine part 此酸會腐蝕機件的表面

4 嚙食成…; 蛀成…

Moths ate holes in our sweaters. 蛾把我們的毛衣咬出小洞

5 〔俚語〕 吸收, 收回

"You can eat your loss and switch the remaining money to other investment portfolios." （Marlys Harris）你可以把損失吸收掉, 然後把剩下的錢轉而做其他投資

6 〔口語〕 打擾, 煩擾

What's eating him? 他在煩什麼?

【不及物動詞】

1 a. 吃 （食物）

b. 吃飯

2 嚙食; 侵蝕

a drill that ate away at the rock 錐子把岩塊敲掉

exorbitant expenses that were eating into profits 過度的花費會消耗利潤

3 使煩惱, 使困擾

"How long will it be before the frustration eats at you?" （Howard Kaplan）沮喪還會困擾你多久?

eat up

〔俚語〕 樂不可支

She really eats up the constant publicity. 她經常被宣傳而樂不可支

【慣用語】

eat crow

被迫承認失敗

eat （one's） heart out

1 極度悲痛

2 嫉妒

eat （one's） words

食言, 背信

eat out of （someone's） hand

完全聽命於某人; 為 （某人） 操縱

eat （someone） alive

〔俚語〕 徹底擊敗

an inexperienced manager who was eaten alive in a competitive corporate environment 一位缺乏經驗的經理在競爭的環境被徹底擊敗

【名詞】

eater