eat up

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisheat up phrasal verb1 EATto eat all of something Come on, eat up, there’s a good girl.eat something ↔ up She’s made a cake and wants us to help eat it up.2 eat something ↔ up informalUSE/CONSUME to use a lot of something, especially until there is none left Big cars just eat up money.3 be eaten up with/by jealousy/anger/curiosity etcVERY to be very jealous, angry etc, so that you cannot think about anything else → eat→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuseat up• We were always taught to eat our vegetables up.• Margaret ate it all up and then asked for more.• Non-energy saving light bulbs just eat up electricity.• The V8 is a very powerful engine, but it really eats up gas.• My rent eats up most of my money.• Come on, boys -- eat up your supper and get to bed.

单词	eat up
释义	eat up From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisheat up phrasal verb1 EATto eat all of something Come on, eat up, there’s a good girl.eat something ↔ up She’s made a cake and wants us to help eat it up.2 eat something ↔ up informalUSE/CONSUME to use a lot of something, especially until there is none left Big cars just eat up money.3 be eaten up with/by jealousy/anger/curiosity etcVERY to be very jealous, angry etc, so that you cannot think about anything else → eat→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuseat up• We were always taught to eat our vegetables up.• Margaret ate it all up and then asked for more.• Non-energy saving light bulbs just eat up electricity.• The V8 is a very powerful engine, but it really eats up gas.• My rent eats up most of my money.• Come on, boys -- eat up your supper and get to bed.
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