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eat up

释义

eat up

phrasal verb

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	eat up
he/she/it	eats up
present participle	eating up
past tense	ate up
past participle	eaten up

1
intransitive/transitive mainly spokento eat all of something
Come on, eat up your broccoli.
Eat up, and we’ll go for a walk.
Synonyms and related words
To eat in a particular way
bite
bolt
bon appétit
2
transitive to use large amounts of your available time or money
Having children eats up a lot of a family’s income.
Synonyms and related words
To use all or a lot of something
use up
run out
eat into
3
transitive (eat up something) to travel a particular distance easily and steadily
They drove on, eating up the distance between themselves and home.
Synonyms and related words
To travel in a vehicle
go
ride
commute
4
be eaten up by/with somethingto feel a negative emotion so strongly that it is difficult to think about anything else
Paula was eaten up by guilt for days.
Synonyms and related words
To feel an emotion
feel
experience
give up to
5
eat it upinformalto like something so much that you want to hear or see more
The press argued over the book, and the public was eating it up.
Synonyms and related words
To like something
like
dig
be averse to something

eat up

phrasal verb

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	eat up
he/she/it	eats up
present participle	eating up
past tense	ate up
past participle	eaten up

1
intransitive/transitive mainly spokento eat all of something
Come on, eat up your broccoli.
Eat up, and we’ll go for a walk.
Synonyms and related words
To eat in a particular way
bite
bolt
bon appétit
2
transitive to use large amounts of your available time or money
Having children eats up a lot of a family’s income.
Synonyms and related words
To use all or a lot of something
use up
run out
eat into
3
transitive (eat up something) to travel a particular distance easily and steadily
They drove on, eating up the distance between themselves and home.
Synonyms and related words
To travel in a vehicle
go
ride
commute
4
be eaten up by/with somethingto feel a negative emotion so strongly that it is difficult to think about anything else
Paula was eaten up by guilt for days.
Synonyms and related words
To feel an emotion
feel
experience
give up to
5
eat it upinformalto like something so much that you want to hear or see more
The press argued over the book, and the public was eating it up.
Synonyms and related words
To like something
like
love
adore

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