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
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。