英汉词典

eat 基本解释

• vt. 吃，喝；腐蚀；烦扰
• vi. 进食；腐蚀，侵蚀

eat 词态变化

eat 中文词源

来自PIE*ed, 吃，词源同edible,comestible.

eat 英文词源

eat

eat: [OE] Eat is a very ancient and basic verb. It goes back to Indo-European *ed- ‘eat’ (distant ancestor of English tooth), which produced the basic word for ‘eat’ in most European languages, apart from French, Italian, Romanian, and the Celtic languages: Greek édein, for example, Latin edere (source of English comestible [15], from Latin comedere ‘eat up’, and of obese [17]), and Russian jest’. Its Germanic descendant was *etan (ultimate source of English etch), which produced German essen, Dutch eten, Swedish öta, and English eat (and also lies behind English fret).
=> comestible, etch, fret, obese, tooth

eat (v.)

Old English etan (class V strong verb; past tense æt, past participle eten) "to consume food, devour, consume," from Proto-Germanic *etan (cognates: Old Frisian ita, Old Saxon etan, Middle Dutch eten, Dutch eten, Old High German ezzan, German essen, Old Norse eta, Gothic itan), from PIE root *ed- "to eat" (see edible).

Transferred sense of "corrode, wear away, consume, waste" is from 1550s. Meaning "to preoccupy, engross" (as in what's eating you?) first recorded 1893. Slang sexual sense of "do cunnilingus on" is first recorded 1927. The slang phrase eat one's words "retract, take back what one has uttered" is from 1570s; to eat one's heart out is from 1590s; for eat one's hat, see hat. Eat-in (adj.) in reference to kitchens is from 1955. To eat out "dine away from home" is from 1930.

eat 词组搭配

eat 英文释义

1. take in solid food;

"She was eating a banana"

"What did you eat for dinner last night?"

2. eat a meal; take a meal;

"We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"

"I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"

3. take in food; used of animals only;

"This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"

"What do whales eat?"

4. use up (resources or materials);

"this car consumes a lot of gas"

"We exhausted our savings"

"They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

5. worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way;

"What's eating you?"

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

"The acid corroded the metal"

"The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"

eat 同义词解析

eat, dine, have, consume, devour, gorge, swallow

这些动词均可表示"吃"之意。

eat： 普通用词，使用广泛。既可用于人，也可用于动物。

dine： 正式用词，既可指一日三餐中的任何一餐，也可以指特殊的用餐。

have： 可与eat换用，但强调一次性的动作。

consume： 侧重痛痛快快地吃得一干二净，可用于人和动物。

devour： 指狼吞虎咽地吃，强调吃得既快又彻底。

gorge： 侧重指拼命地吃或塞，强调吃饱或吃得过量。

swallow： 主要指吃的整个过程的第二部分"咽"，并常指咀嚼得匆匆忙忙地吃。

eat 双语例句

1. It makes sense to eat a reasonably balanced diet when slimming.

在减肥过程中保持饮食的营养相对均衡是明智的。

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2. Jovial ladies chivvy you into ordering more than you can eat!

热情的女招待会一再推荐，最后点的餐多到吃不下!

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3. Because you're not burning calories, everything you eat turns to fat.

由于没有消耗卡路里，你吃的所有东西都会变成脂肪。

来自柯林斯例句

4. "What would you like to eat?" — "Anything'll do me, Eva."

“你想吃什么？”——“我吃什么都行，伊娃。”

来自柯林斯例句

5. Try to eat at least four slices of bread a day.

每天尽量至少吃4片面包。

来自柯林斯例句

eat 实用场景例句

I was too nervous to eat.

我紧张得饭都吃不下。

牛津词典

She doesn't eat sensibly (= doesn't eat food that is good for her) .

她饮食不合理。

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I don't eat meat.

我不吃肉。

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Would you like something to eat?

你想吃点什么吗？

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I couldn't eat another thing (= I have had enough food) .

我再也吃不下了。

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Where shall we eat tonight?

我们今晚在哪儿吃饭？

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We ate at a pizzeria in town.

我们在城里一家比萨店用餐。

牛津词典

The defence lawyers are going to eat you alive tomorrow.

辩护律师明天一定会彻底打败你们。

牛津词典

I was being eaten alive by mosquitoes.

蚊子要把我活活吃了。

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Look at him dance! Eat your heart out, Fred Astaire (= he dances even better than Fred Astaire) .

看看他跳的舞！比弗雷德·阿斯泰尔跳得还好。

牛津词典

She may be thin, but she eats like a horse.

她或许是瘦了点，但吃得却很多。

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She'll have them eating out of her hand in no time.

她很快就会让他们俯首帖耳的。

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If she's here on time, I'll eat my hat!

她要是准时到这儿那才怪咧！

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The coastline is being eaten away year by year.

海岸线年复一年地被侵蚀着。

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Woodworm had eaten away at the door frame.

木蛀虫将门框一点点蛀坏了。

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His constant criticism ate away at her self-confidence.

他不断的批评使她逐渐丧失了自信心。

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Those repair bills have really eaten into my savings.

那些修理账单已经耗掉我相当一部分积蓄。

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Rust had eaten into the metal.

这金属已经锈坏。

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Do you feel like eating out tonight?

你今晚想下馆子吗？

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Eat up! We've got to go out soon.

都吃光！我们得马上出去。

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She was eating a sandwich...

她在吃三明治。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The bananas should be eaten within two days...

那些香蕉应该在两天内吃掉。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a campaign to persuade people to eat more healthily.

劝说人们饮食更加健康的宣传活动

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Let's go out to eat...

我们出去吃吧。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

We ate lunch together a few times.

我们一起吃过几次午餐。

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'What the hell's eating you?' he demanded.

“到底什么事让你心烦啊？”他问道。

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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！

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I want everyone back in Cleveland to be eating their crummy little hearts out.

我想让家乡克利夫兰所有那些烂人都懊悔不已。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Is Karen still eating you out of house and home?

卡伦还在只顾吃光你的家当吗？

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