To place in store; to provide oneself with a stock of. Also said of ‘taking in’ food; hence absol. to feed vigorously (now vulgar). †Also occasionally…
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (intransitive)] > eat heartily (7) to lay in1579 To place in store; to provide oneself with a stock of. Also said of ‘taking in’ food; hence absol. to feed vigorously (now vulgar). †Also occasionally… to fall aboard——1603 intransitive. To begin eating (something) voraciously or with relish. Cf. to fall aboard 2a at phrasal verbs 1. Obsolete. to eat (also work) like a horse1707 Proverbial phrases and locutions. In comparisons: as holy (also as sick, as strong) as a horse; to eat (also work) like a horse. a horse of another (a… to play a good knife and fork1809 literal as used in eating at table. Hence in various phrases referring to eating, as to play a good knife and fork, to eat heartily. tuck1810 slang. intransitive. To feed heartily or greedily; esp. with in, into. stoke1882 transferred (jocular). To feed (oneself or another) as if stoking a furnace; to ‘shovel’ (food) into one's mouth steadily and continuously. Also a… to mug up1897 intransitive. to mug up: to make a plentiful meal, to eat heartily. Also: to have a snack, meal, or hot drink. Cf. mug-up, n. |
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