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BNC: 701 COCA: 543

eat

eat /ˈiːt/ verb
eats; ate /ˈeɪt/; Brit /ˈɛt/; /ˈeɪt/ ; eaten /ˈiːtn̩/ ; eating
eat
/ˈiːt/
verb
eats; ate /ˈeɪt/; Brit /ˈɛt/; /ˈeɪt/ ; eaten /ˈiːtn̩/ ; eating
Learner's definition of EAT
: to take food into your mouth and swallow it
[+ object]
[no object]
◊ To eat out is to dine at a restaurant rather than at home.下馆子吃
◊ To eat in is to dine at home.在家吃
: to gradually destroy, use, or take away something : to wear something away侵蚀;腐蚀;损耗
[+ object]
usually + away
[no object]
usually + into, away at, or at
[+ object] informal : to bother or annoy (someone)烦扰;打扰;激怒

be eating out of someone's hand

: to be completely controlled by someone完全受人摆布

eat a horse

see 1horse

eat crow

(US) informal or eat humble pie
: to admit that you were wrong or accept that you have been defeated认错;服输

eat light

see 5light

eat (someone or something) alive

of insects : to bite (someone or something) many times多次咬;反复咬
: to badly defeat or harm someone or something重创;力挫

eat someone's or something's lunch

see 1lunch

eat up

[phrasal verb]
used to tell someone to start or continue eating开始吃吧;再吃点
eat up (something) or eat (something) up
: to eat all of (something)吃完;吃光
: to use up (time, resources, etc.)用尽,用光(时间、资源等)
◊ A person who is eaten up with or by jealousy, bitterness, etc., cannot escape that feeling and is made unhappy by it.(因忌妒、痛苦等)被困扰,被缠住
eat (something) up informal : to enjoy (something) greatly非常喜爱(某物);对…极感兴趣

eat up the clock

see 1clock

eat your fill

see 2fill

eat your heart out

: to be jealous嫉妒的;羡慕的

eat your words

: to take back what you have said : to admit that you were wrong about something收回前言;承认错误

have your cake and eat it too

or have your cake and eat it
see 1cake

I'll eat my hat

informal + old-fashioned
used to say that something will not happen or cannot be true我才不信;绝不会是真的

the proof of the pudding is in the eating

see pudding

— eatable

/ˈiːtəbəl/ adjective

— eater

noun, plural eaters [count]
Synonyms同义词
eat, consume, and devour mean to chew and swallow food.*eat、consume和devour均指咀嚼并吞咽食物。
eat is a general word that can apply to any manner of taking in food.*eat使用范围广泛,可指任何形式的进食。
consume suggests completely eating something up so that none is left.*consume意指把食物吃干净。
devour suggests eating quickly and greedily.*devour意指狼吞虎咽地吃。
BNC: 701 COCA: 543

eat

1 of 2

verb

ate ˈāt How to pronounce eat (audio)
 dialectal or British  ˈet
; eaten ˈē-tᵊn How to pronounce eat (audio) ; eating

transitive verb

1
: to take in through the mouth as food : ingest, chew, and swallow in turn
2
a
: to destroy, consume, or waste by or as if by eating
expenses ate up the profits
gadgets that eat up too much space
b
: to bear the expense of : take a loss on
the team was forced to eat the rest of his contract
3
a
: to consume gradually : corrode
cars eaten away by rust
b
: to consume with vexation : bother
what's eating you now
4
: to enjoy eagerly or avidly : lap
used with up
it was an amazing performance and the crowd ate it up
5
usually vulgar : to perform fellatio or cunnilingus on
often used with out

intransitive verb

1
: to take food or a meal
2
: to affect something by gradual destruction or consumption
usually used with into, away, or at
the loss was really eating at herthe controversy ate into his support
eater noun

eat

2 of 2

noun

: something to eat : food
usually used in plural
Phrases
eat alive
: to defeat, conquer, or overwhelm completely : crush
was eaten alive by the competition
eat one out of house and home
: to consume more than one can easily provide or afford
eat one's heart out
1
: to grieve bitterly
2
: to be jealous
eat one's words
: to retract what one has said
eat out of one's hand
: to accept the domination of another
eat someone's lunch
: to deprive of profit, dominance, or success

Example Sentences

Verb You'll feel better if you eat something. I ate a big breakfast so I'm not very hungry. They like to eat at home.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Eating it: Some folks spoon directly into their mouths. Ann Maloney, NOLA.com, 19 July 2017 New this year to True Nature is a retreat for those with eating disorders and their family members. Plain Dealer Guest Writer, cleveland.com, 19 July 2017 However hot dogs may have originated, the council estimates Americans will eat 7 billion of them between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day. Don Sweeney, sacbee, 19 July 2017 In fact, a recent survey showed that 36% of Chick-fil-A dinner customers take their meal to go from restaurants to eat at home. Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 19 July 2017 The casual restaurant and bar also offers an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet at 8 a.m. Sundays. Vickie Snow Jurkowski, Daily Southtown, 19 July 2017 Miami was last in the NFL at 57 plays per game last season partly because the offense didn’t convert effectively on third downs, but also because the porous run defense allowed opponents to eat up the clock. Chris Perkins, Sun-Sentinel.com, 19 July 2017 Parents and their children can bring a lunch to eat during the program. Michelle Mullins, Naperville Sun, 18 July 2017 Hammerhead worms contain the same toxin as blowfish and can be harmful if eaten. Liz Langley, National Geographic, 15 July 2017
Noun
Elsewhere, the gourmet eat-in kitchen features top-of-the-line Gaggenau appliances. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2022 There might also be physiological changes to the shrubs moose eat. Avery Lill, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2022 Norwegian media outlets chronicled Freya's travels this summer, and Norwegians flocked to the Oslo coast in recent weeks to watch her eat, sleep and rest. Julianne Mcshane, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2022 There is also a separate eat-in kitchen with ceramic tile and laminate countertops. Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Aug. 2022 To fuel your workouts, there’s an oversized eat-in kitchen and adjoining breakfast room. Howard Walker, Robb Report, 30 July 2022 The inmates at the top eat well, leaving those at the bottom starving. Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 22 July 2022 In the fall, bears binge-eat before hibernation, a period called hyperphagia, and elk, caribou, moose and other hoofed animals compete for mates during the weeks-long rut. Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 22 June 2022 The two eat at each other’s restaurants and are big fans of one another’s cooking. Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 26 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English eten, from Old English etan; akin to Old High German ezzan to eat, Latin edere, Greek edmenai

Noun

Middle English et, from Old English ǣt; akin to Old High German āz food; derivative from the root of eat entry 1

First Known Use

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of eat was before the 12th century
BNC: 701 COCA: 543
eat

verb

ADVERB | VERB + EAT | PHRASES ADVERBwell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 + EATfind 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。PHRASESa 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。

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