4VERB [only cont]使不安;使焦虑 If something is eating you, it is annoying or worrying you. 使不安;使焦虑 [informal]
'What the hell's eating you?' he demanded. [VERB noun]
“到底什么事让你心烦啊?”他问道。
5PHRASE 完全听命于;完全受…支配 If you have someone eating out of your hand, they are completely under your control. 完全听命于;完全受…支配
She usually has the press eating out of her hand.
她通常都能将新闻界抓在自己手心。
6PHRASE [VERB and NOUN inflect]比…还要厉害;令…妒忌 People use eat your heart out with the name of a person when they are doing something that they think the person named might be jealous of. 比…还要厉害;令…妒忌
A limousine was sent to pick me up and deliver me to the set. Eat your heart out, Tom Selleck!.
他们派了一辆豪华轿车来接我去片场,你就眼红吧,汤姆·塞立克!
I want everyone back in Cleveland to be eating their crummy little hearts out.
7PHRASE [VERB inflects](尤指客人)把…吃穷 If you eat someone out of house and home, you eat a lot of their food, especially when you are living with them. (尤指客人)把…吃穷 [informal]
Is Karen still eating you out of house and home?
卡伦还在只顾吃光你的家当吗?
8 to be eaten alive→see: alive to have your cake and eat it→see: cake dog eat dog→see: dog to eat humble pie→see: humble
ADVERB | VERB + EAT | PHRASESADVERB➤well吃得好◇We ate very well most of the time (= had lots of nice food).大多數時間我們吃得很好。➤a lot, enough, too much吃很多;吃飽;吃得太多◇He's not eating enough.他沒吃夠。➤healthfully, healthily, properly, sensibly吃得健康;合理進食◇I'm trying to eat more healthily.我設法吃得更健康些。◇She doesn't eat sensibly (= doesn't eat food that is good for her).她飲食不合理。➤poorly吃得很不好▸➤hungrily, ravenously狼吞虎咽➤heartily盡情地吃▸➤sparingly吃得很少◇Barton did not feel very hungry and ate sparingly.巴頓不覺得很餓,吃得不多。➤barely, hardly幾乎沒吃什麼◇He'd barely eaten any breakfast.他幾乎沒怎麼吃早餐。➤quickly, slowly吃得快;吃得慢➤in silence, quietly, silently靜靜地吃➤happily高興地吃◇Everyone happily ate the huge meal.大家都很開心地吃了一頓大餐。➤alone, together獨自一個人吃;一起吃VERB + EAT➤find sth to, get (yourself) sth to, grab sth to, have sth to給(自己)找點⋯吃;找到⋯吃;有⋯可吃◇Do you have anything to eat?你有什麼吃的東西嗎?➤have enough to有足夠的食物▸➤try and, try to試着吃點兒◇Try and eat something. It will do you good.試着吃點兒東西,這對你有好處。PHRASES➤a bite to eat (= some food)少許食物◇Do you want to grab a bite to eat?你想吃點兒東西嗎?➤eat and drink吃喝◇Go and get yourself something to eat and drink.去自己找點吃的喝的吧。➤eat like a horse (= eat a lot)吃得很多◇She's very thin but she eats like a horse!她很瘦,但吃得很多!➤eat sb out of house and home吃窮某人◇He's eating us out of house and home (= eating a lot of our food).他把我們吃窮了。➤go eat (especially NAmE) 去吃飯◇Let's go eat.咱們去吃飯吧。➤good enough to eat (figurative) 令人垂涎◇You look good enough to eat!你看起來秀色可餐!➤go out to eat出去吃飯◇We went out to eat for a Chinese New Year celebration.我們去下館子慶祝春節。➤a place to eat (= a cafe or restaurant)小餐館;飯館◇Are you looking for a place to eat?你在找吃飯的地方嗎?➤sit down to eat坐下吃飯◇We eventually sat down to eat at 8.30 p.m.直到晚上 8 點半,我們才得以坐下吃飯。
eat verb ⇨eat (eat your dinner)⇨dine (eat at a restaurant)⇨something to eat⇨snacknouneat
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➡ See also the entry for dine另见dine条eat ♦︎ have ♦︎ swallow ♦︎ consume ♦︎ finish ♦︎ ingest ♦︎ devour ♦︎ taste ♦︎ wolf ♦︎ stuff ♦︎ tuck in/tuck into sthThese words all mean to put food or drink into your stomach through your mouth.这些词均表示吃或喝。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to eat / finish sth up◆to eat / swallow / consume / devour / wolf down / stuff yourself with / tuck into your food◆to eat / have / finish / devour / tuck into a meal◆to eat / have / finish / wolf / tuck into your lunch / dinner◆to eat / have / consume / taste some meat / fruit■eat(ate, eaten) [intransitive, transitive] to put food into your mouth, chew it, and make it go down your throat into your stomach吃◆I was too nervous to eat.我紧张得饭都吃不下。◆She doesn't eat sensibly(= doesn't eat food that is good for her).她不注意饮食。◆Eat up!(= Eat all your food.)把东西吃完!◆I don't eat meat.我不吃肉。◆Would you like something to eat?你想吃点什么吗?◆I couldn't eat another thing(= I have had enough food).我再也吃不下了。 see also eat ⇨ dine■have(had, had) [transitive] to eat or drink sth吃;喝◆Have you had breakfast yet?你吃过早饭了吗?◆I just had a sandwich for lunch.我午饭就吃了个三明治。◆I'll have the salmon(= in a restaurant).我要一份鲑鱼。■swallow [transitive, intransitive] to make sth, especially food, drink or medicine, go down your throat into your stomach吞下;咽下◆Always chew food well before swallowing it.什么食物都要先嚼碎了再吞咽。◆The pills should be swallowed whole(= in one piece).这些药丸要整粒吞服。◆I had a sore throat and it hurt to swallow.当时我嗓子疼,咽东西就难受。■consume kənˈsjuːm; NAmEkənˈsuːm [transitive] (formal) to eat or drink sth吃;喝◆Red meat should be consumed in moderation.吃红肉要适量。◆Before he died he had consumed a large quantity of alcohol.他死前喝了大量的酒。 see also consume ⇨ useverb2▸consumptionkənˈsʌmpʃn
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[uncountable] ◆The meat was declared unfit for human consumption.这种肉被宣布不适于人食用。◆She was advised to reduce her alcohol consumption.她被劝告减少饮酒。■finish [transitive] to eat, drink or use what remains of sth吃完,喝光,用尽(所剩之物)◆He finished off his drink with one large gulp.他一大口喝完了饮料。◆We might as well finish up the cake-there isn't much left.我们不如把蛋糕也都吃了吧-剩下不多了。◆We'll go out after you've finished your dinner.你吃完晚饭我们就出去。■ingest ɪnˈdʒest [transitive] (technical术语) to take sth into your body, usually by swallowing摄入;食入;咽下◆Food is the major source of ingested bacteria.饮食是摄入细菌的主要渠道。■devour dɪˈvaʊə(r) [transitive] (formal) to eat all of sth quickly, especially because you are very hungry(尤指因饥饿)狼吞虎咽地吃光◆He devoured half of his burger in one bite.他一口吞下半个汉堡包。■taste [transitive] to eat or drink sth, especially sth which you do not usually eat or drink吃,喝(尤指不常吃到的东西)◆I've never tasted anything like it.我从来没有吃过像这样的东西。◆I haven't tasted meat since I started the journey.自从踏上这次旅程我就没吃过肉。■wolf wʊlf [transitive] (ratherinformal) to eat food very quickly, especially by putting a lot of it in your mouth at once大口地快吃;狼吞虎咽◆He wolfed down his breakfast and left the house in a hurry.他狼吞虎咽地吃完早饭就匆匆忙忙离开了家。■stuff [transitive] (informal) to eat a lot of food or too much food; to give sb a lot or too much to eat吃撑;吃足;使吃得过饱◆He sat at the table stuffing himself.他坐在桌前大吃大喝。◆We stuffed our faces at the party.我们在聚会上都吃撑了。◆Don't stuff the kids with chocolate before their dinner.正餐前不要给孩子一个劲儿地吃巧克力。■ˌtuck ˈin■ˌtuck ˈinto sth
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(BrE, especiallyspoken) to eat a lot of food, especially when it is done quickly and with enthusiasm痛快地吃;狼吞虎咽地吃◆Come on everyone, tuck in!来呀,大家痛痛快快地吃吧!◆He was tucking into a huge plateful of pasta.他在狼吞虎咽地吃一大盘意大利面。