| 单词 | bite |
| 释义 | bite (baɪt ) Word forms: bites , biting , bit , bitten 1. verb B1 If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you. Both sisters bit their nails as children. [VERB noun] He bit into his sandwich. [VERB + into] He had bitten the cigarette in two. [VERB noun adverb/preposition] Every year in this country more than 50,000 children are bitten by dogs. [VERB noun adverb/preposition] Llamas won't bite or kick. [VERB] Synonyms: nip, cut, tear, wound 2. countable noun B2 A bite of something, especially food, is the action of biting it. He took another bite of apple. [+ of] You cannot eat a bun in one bite. Synonyms: nibble, taste, peck, munch A bite is also the amount of food you take into your mouth when you bite it. Look forward to eating the food and enjoy every bite. 3. singular noun [usually NOUN to-infinitive] If you have a bite to eat, you have a small meal or a snack. [informal] It was time to go home for a little rest and a bite to eat. 4. verb B1 If a snake or a small insect bites you, it makes a mark or hole in your skin, and often causes the surrounding area of your skin to become painful or itchy. When an infected mosquito bites a human, spores are injected into the blood. [VERB noun] We were all badly bitten by mosquitoes. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: sting, wound, prick 5. countable noun [oft noun NOUN] B2 A bite is an injury or a mark on your body where an animal, snake, or small insect has bitten you. Any dog bite, no matter how small, needs immediate medical attention. 6. verb When an action or policy begins to bite, it begins to have a serious or harmful effect. As the sanctions begin to bite there will be more political difficulties ahead. [VERB] The recession started biting deeply into British industry. [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: take effect, work, be effective, take hold 7. verb If an object bites into a surface, it presses hard against it or cuts into it. There may even be some wire or nylon biting into the flesh. [VERB preposition/adverb] The car's tires bit loudly on the rutted snow in the street. [VERB preposition/adverb, VERB noun] 8. uncountable noun If you say that a food or drink has bite, you like it because it has a strong or sharp taste. [approval] ...the addition of tartaric acid to give the wine some bite. 9. singular noun If the air or the wind has a bite, it feels very cold. There was a bite in the air, a smell perhaps of snow. Synonyms: chill, nip, sharpness, coolness 10. uncountable noun If something such as a performance or a piece of writing has bite, it is exciting or effective. The teams have that extra bite when they are playing against their neighbours. The novel seems to lack bite and tension–even passion. Synonyms: edge, interest, force, punch [informal] 11. verb If a fish bites when you are fishing, it takes the hook or bait at the end of your fishing line in its mouth. After half an hour, the fish stopped biting and we moved on. [VERB] Bite is also a noun. If I don't get a bite in a few minutes I lift the rod and twitch the bait. 12. countable noun [usually NOUN of noun] A bite of something is a small part or amount of it. ...bites of conversation. 13. See also love bite, nail-biting 14. to bite the hand that feeds you phrase If someone bites the hand that feeds them, they behave badly or in an ungrateful way towards someone who they depend on. She is cynical about the film industry, but ultimately she has no intention of biting the hand that feeds her. 15. bite someone's head off phrase [VERB and NOUN inflect] If someone speaks or replies to you angrily, and you think they are being unfair or reacting too strongly, you can say that they bite your head off. [disapproval] Whenever possible, suggest she talks about it but be aware she may bite your head off. 16. bite one's lip phrase If you bite your lip or your tongue, you stop yourself from saying something that you want to say, because it would be the wrong thing to say in the circumstances. I must learn to bite my lip. He bit his tongue as he found himself on the point of saying 'follow that car'. 17. take a bite out of phrase If something takes a bite out of a sum of money, part of the money is spent or taken away in order to pay for it. Local taxes are going to be taking a bigger bite out of people's income. 18. someone's bark is worse than their bite phrase If you say that someone's bark is worse than their bite, you mean that they seem much more unpleasant or hostile than they really are. [informal] She can be a bit tetchy but her bark is worse than her bite. 19. to bite the bullet phrase If someone bites the bullet, they accept that they have to do something unpleasant but necessary. [journalism] Tour operators may be forced to bite the bullet and cut prices. Synonyms: grasp the nettle 20. to bite off more than one can chew phrase If you say that someone has bitten off more than they can chew, you mean that they are trying to do something which is too difficult for them. He bought the old hotel but soon realized he had bitten off more than he could chew. 21. to bite the dust phrase If you say that something has bitten the dust, you are emphasizing that it no longer exists or that it has failed. [humorous, informal, emphasis] In the last 30 years many cherished values have bitten the dust. The allegation has caused one lecturer's career to bite the dust. 22. once bitten, twice shy phrase You say 'once bitten, twice shy' when you want to indicate that someone will not do something a second time because they had a bad experience the first time they did it. Phrasal verbs: bite back 1. phrasal verb If you bite back a feeling or something that you were going to say, you stop yourself from expressing it. [literary] Susan bit back the words she would like to have said. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] A scream rose to her lips again. She had to bite it back. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If a person or a group of people who have been defeated, criticized, or insulted bite back, they respond strongly or angrily. [journalism] He is quickly on the attack, biting back at the questioner until the original question is lost. [VERB PARTICLE] Idioms: bite someone's head off to speak to someone in an unpleasant, angry way, because you are annoyed about something And don't bite my head off just because you're in a bad mood! Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers bite the hand that feeds you to be ungrateful and behave badly towards the person who has helped or supported you She may be cynical about the film industry, but ultimately she has no intention of biting the hand that feeds her. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers bite the dust to fail or to stop existing There are thousands of restaurants in and around London. Some make big money. Most break even, and quite a few have bitten the dust. to die. This expression is used to refer to someone's death in a humorous way. The climax of most Westerns comes when the villain bites the dust. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers bite the bullet to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation The same stressful event might make one person utterly miserable, while another will bite the bullet and make the best of it. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers take a bite out of something [US] to take away a part of a sum of money or other quantity The government is going to be taking a bigger bite out of people's income than ever before. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a second bite at the cherry [British] a second chance to do something, especially something that you failed at the first time We might, if we push hard enough, get a second bite at the cherry in two years' time. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers bite off more than you can chew to try to do too much Don't bite off more than you can chew simply because everything is going so well. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers someone's bark is worse than their bite said to mean that someone seems to be much more severe or unfriendly than they really are My bark is definitely worse than my bite. When people get to know me, they'll tell you I'm just a big softy really. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers bite your tongue to not say a particular thing, even though you want to, because it would be the wrong thing to say at the time, or because you are waiting for a better time to speak I wanted to tell him how much I would miss him, but I bit my tongue. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: a little bit A little bit actressy, if you know what I mean, but that didn't go amiss as far as the Amanda performance was concerned. DEATH IN PURPLE PROSE (1989) The receptionist and support people were a little bit abrupt at first. The Guide to Lesbian and Gay Parenting (1993) He loves his angle grinder just a little bit too much for comfort. Times, Sunday Times (2008) I sense they are very keen to do well, if a little bit apprehensive. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Do you think those cuts have bitten deeply into the corporation? Times, Sunday Times The flying bug had bitten deeply and it was the first step on the long journey to develop and build a sailplane that would set the flying world alight. ST In the foreground, a lion bites deeply into the neck of an antelope. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An agitated kinkajou may emit a scream and attack, usually clawing its victim and sometimes biting deeply. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The motorbike sped around the corner and came to a stop, its tyres biting hard at the gravel. DESPERADOES (1977) But real players bite hard on their gumshields and rise to turn fights back their way. The Sun (2012) One of the 80 bodies has a bite mark thought to have been caused by a lion, tiger or bear during battle in an arena. The Sun When he got home and opened the burger wrapping he discovered it was covered in hair and had a large bite mark in it. The Sun The bite mark went right through my right hand. The Sun She rubbed her bite mark again. Times,Sunday Times The giant wing has a visible bite mark on his bicep. Times, Sunday Times He looks off over her head and laughs before taking a bite of food. Times, Sunday Times I stopped feeling hungry, tired and frustrated and became instead terrifically excited at the prospect of my first bite of food, my first sip of water. Times, Sunday Times There were those who could not swallow another bite of food because the names of their dead anchored their tongues. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tracking the number of bites of food we take each day could be an effective way of losing weight, according to scientists. Times, Sunday Times An estimated one out of every three bites of food comes to us through the work of animal pollinators. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Instead, he says those cases are more likely to be caused by a secondary bacterial infection that got into a bite wound. The Sun Nor must you swat it with a rolled-up newspaper, as this may cause the arachnid to vomit into the bite wound. Times, Sunday Times Yersinia pestis blocks the gut of the flea, which means that it keeps on feeding, vomiting plague-infected blood into the bite wound. Times, Sunday Times The 34-year-old officer required hospital treatment for a bite wound. Times, Sunday Times The trypomastigotes enter the human host through the bite wound or by crossing mucous membranes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They readily approach humans to feed on the mosquitoes and biting flies that humans attract. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Suggested functions include crypsis, forms of motion camouflage, social signaling and recognition, and discouraging biting flies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A 2012 study suggests that stripes may have developed to discourage biting flies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Experienced anglers find fishing best when the biting flies which breed in cold, clean water are most numerous. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Biting flies feed during daylight hours only and tend to zero in on areas of thinner skin, such as the nape of the neck or ears and ankles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Threadworms can be transmitted by biting insects such as ticks and mosquitoes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Biting insects can be bothersome during warm weather. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In addition, some mammals and biting insects avoid fire and smoke. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Settlers encountered rodents, skinks, and biting insects, and faced dangers from mosquitoes, poisonous snakes and alligators. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They can be placed on sunloungers and used to prevent annoyances from moist grass and biting insects. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Once bitten by the bug, the couple certainly did their homework, visiting historic gardens and reading widely. Times, Sunday Times I was bitten by the bug. Times, Sunday Times He has been bitten by the bug. The Sun He said that the 30,000 levy on non-domiciles had been described as a 'flea bite' for millionaires. Times, Sunday Times Either a flea bite injects the bacteria into the bloodstream (septicaemic plague) or the bacteria are inhaled straight into the lungs (pneumonic plague). Times, Sunday Times His body was being destroyed in the worst possible way, but that was a flea bite compared to what was happening to his soul. Christianity Today We have war veterans sleeping on the streets ... and this chancer gets 12k comp for a flea bite. The Sun Boasts of development projects implemented so far amounted only to a flea bite. Times, Sunday Times Occasionally, a red sore called a chancre will develop at the location of the tsetse fly bite. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As the fly bites, the promastigotes are released from the proboscis and introduced locally at the bite site. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Disease was also a major issue for horses at the front, with equine influenza, ringworm, sand colic, sores from fly bites, and anthrax among the illnesses that affected them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are going to grab a bite to eat. Times,Sunday Times Grab a bite from the restaurant (booking advisable) or the takeaway bar. Times, Sunday Times They should be places where people shop, watch a film, grab a bite to eat, post a letter or get legal advice - or meet for a catch-up. The Sun There are many gorgeous places to grab a bite to eat. The Sun In between rides and attractions, there are plenty of places to recharge and grab a bite to eat. The Sun The reality of the economy had taken a huge bite out of our vision. Christianity Today Credit cards may be widely accepted and convenient to use while abroad, but they can take a huge bite out of your holiday money. The Sun The sea has taken a huge bite out of the cliffs to form a deep sandy cove with indents around the edge where the water has carried on nibbling. Times, Sunday Times A move to driverless cars could take a huge bite out of the market. Times, Sunday Times Energy prices take a huge bite out of the disposable income of millions of households. Times, Sunday Times Live, with the recent addition of a keyboard player, they are tight, but too often lack bite. Times, Sunday Times (2008) But they lacked bite as the visitors made it four wins in six league games. The Sun (2016) His performances have been lacklustre and lacked bite. Times, Sunday Times (2006) As well as inflicting a nasty bite, its saliva contains an anti-coagulant, which means wounds bleed for much longer than normal. Times, Sunday Times Llamas have a nasty bite and charging bulls can do incalculable harm — often to themselves. Times, Sunday Times Globalisation has turned out to have a nasty bite. Times, Sunday Times Dark and complicated, they can have a nasty bite. Times, Sunday Times Although less venomous, these spiders are still capable of a nasty bite similar to a bee or wasp sting, although some people's reaction can be much worse. Times, Sunday Times It has four legs, an acute sense of smell and a very painful bite. Times, Sunday Times This bruiser has a wingspan of nearly an inch and a painful bite that leaves a big itchy lump. Times, Sunday Times He says that among the species that are flourishing are horse flies — about 30 species of insects that can deliver a painful bite to horse and human alike. Times, Sunday Times Although the chances of being bitten by the false widow are extremely rare, it can inflict a painful bite with its fangs, equivalent to a bee sting. Times, Sunday Times False widows are venomous, with a painful bite. The Sun The effects of the sting are said to feel much like those of a rattlesnake bite. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Still, any rattlesnake bite can be fatal and should be taken seriously and medical attention sought immediately. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When the rattlesnake bites, muscles on the sides of the venom glands contract, which squeezes the venom through the ducts and into the fangs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A lack of edema or erythema in the area of the bite after eight hours indicates a lack of envenomation for most rattlesnake bites. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And you could find that turning a fantasy into reality bites back at you. The Sun The sun in your opposite house opens new doors, but financial setbacks could be a stumbling block as reality bites. The Sun Occasionally a more oldfashioned sort of reality bites back. The Times Literary Supplement Then, when you finally get to it, reality bites and you feel steamrollered by the whole darn thing. Times, Sunday Times At some point, reality bites back. Times, Sunday Times One short, sharp bite and it's done. Times, Sunday Times If you are allergic to wheat, skip the bulgur altogether and add a chopped cucumber and chilli pepper to give the salad both crunch and a sharp bite. Times, Sunday Times In the past few years, the sharp bite of reality has dramatically affected their generosity. Globe and Mail Players use their feet and choke up on the bow to enable a very sharp bite. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Barracudas have trap-like jaws that can chop a mature parrotfish in two with a single bite. The Sun Something with very sharp teeth has come in and hit it at speed, and taken a single bite out of it. The Sun Thankfully we didn't register a single bite. Times, Sunday Times Most are a single bite, maybe two. Times, Sunday Times Six weeks go by, and, funnily enough, the overinflated price has meant that you haven't had a single bite. Times, Sunday Times They said it was most likely a spider bite. The Sun Symptoms of a redback spider bite include swelling, intense pain, redness and loss of co-ordination in the affected area, which can also itch for days. Times, Sunday Times However, the society advised that anyone who experienced severe swelling or ulceration from a spider bite should immediately see a doctor. Times, Sunday Times All of these cases lacked a positively identified spideror even a spider bite in some cases. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Applying pressure and a tourniquet can significantly delay the onset of symptoms and remains a critical part of management of a spider bite. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Later she feared she had malaria and panicked about a tick bite before leaving. The Sun Humans can catch the disease from a tick bite. Times, Sunday Times It can appear anywhere from one day to one month after a tick bite. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Clinical signs for diagnosis include, but are not limited to, fever and enlarged lymph nodes near the tick bite(s). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There appears to be a possible association between localised reaction to tick bite and the development of meat allergy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Amused by the line of questioning, he tells me about the time he had leishmaniasis, a fl esh- eating parasite transmitted by the bite of a sandfl y. Times, Sunday Times Both are usually transmitted by the bite of an infected tsetse fly and are most common in rural areas. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most of these viruses are transmitted by the bite from an infected arthropod (mosquito or tick) and hence, classified as arboviruses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 About a quarter of all snakes - more than 600 species - have a venomous bite but very few are lethal to human beings. Times, Sunday Times Symptoms of their venomous bite include swelling, mild pain and itching. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has been claimed that they have a venomous bite; there are two glands in the lower jaw which secrete several toxic proteins. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He flutters and flies like lightning and will home-in on you, trying to sting you with his venomous bite. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In each case, crab spiders use their powerful front legs to grab and hold onto prey while paralyzing it with a venomous bite. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 一口, 咬 Japanese: かむこと 歯, かむ 歯 |
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