eaten

eat (something) off

To erode or wear something away. A very corrosive substance must have eaten off this part of the pipe.See also: eat, off

eat away

To erode or wear something away. Don't use that harsh cleaner—it will eat away at a soft metal like this.See also: away, eat

eat crow

To admit that one is wrong, usually when doing so triggers great embarrassment or shame. Ugh, now that my idea has failed, I'll have to eat crow in the board meeting tomorrow. I think Ellen is a perfectionist because the thought of having to eat crow terrifies her.See also: crow, eat

eat humble pie

To admit that one is wrong, usually when doing so triggers great embarrassment or shame. Ugh, now that my idea has failed, I'll have to eat humble pie in the board meeting tomorrow. I think Ellen is a perfectionist because the thought of having to eat humble pie terrifies her.See also: eat, humble, pie

eat it up

1. Literally, to eat something, especially to eat all of it. Often used as an imperative. I know lasagna isn't your favorite, kiddo, but if you want dessert, you've got to eat it up. Go on, eat it up. It will make you feel better.2. To believe unquestioningly that something is true. I told them that I like this stupid school, and they totally ate it up—I guess I'm a pretty good actress.3. To thoroughly enjoy something. When anyone showers the baby with love and affection, she just eats it up! Great job on the presentation—the board is going to eat it up.See also: eat, up

eat like a bird

To not eat very much. The phrase evokes the image of a pecking bird. Don't worry about making extra food for Kim, she eats like a bird.See also: bird, eat, like

eat like a horse

To eat large quantities of food. Kim is staying for dinner, and she eats like a horse, so you better make some extra food.See also: eat, horse, like

eat like a pig

To eat large quantities of food and/or to eat sloppily. Kim is staying for dinner, and she eats like a pig, so you better make some extra food. Quit eating like a pig in this fancy restaurant—you're spilling stuff all over the tablecloth!See also: eat, like, pig

eat through (something)

To erode or wear through something. Don't use that harsh cleaner—it will eat through a soft metal like this.See also: eat, through

eat shit

1. rude slang An interjection expressing anger or contempt. A: "Wow, you're a lousy mechanic, Ben." B: "Eat shit, Randy!"2. rude slang To accept poor, usually demeaning, treatment. How long do you expect these poor interns to eat shit here?See also: eat, shit

eat crap

rude slang To accept poor, usually demeaning, treatment. How long do you expect these poor interns to eat crap here?See also: crap, eat

Revenge is a dish best eaten cold.

Revenge that takes place far in the future, after the offending party has forgotten how they wronged someone, is much more satisfying. I never forgot the way he bullied and humiliated me in high school, but I chose to bide my time. Ten years later, my global corporation bought his family's puny company and exploited it for everything it was worth, leaving him penniless. It's true what they say—revenge is a dish best eaten cold.See also: dish, eaten, revenge

eat nails

To act in an angry, often intimidating, manner. Don't talk to that guy, he looks like he eats nails for breakfast! Can you believe she said that to me? Oh, I could eat nails!See also: eat, nail

eaten up with (something)

Obsessed, overcome, or preoccupied with some negative emotion. I've been eaten up with anger ever since I found out that my co-worker totally sabotaged me for that promotion. I'm really worried about Wendy—she's still eaten up with guilt over what happened.See also: eaten, up

eat crow

1. . Fig. to display total humility, especially when shown to be wrong. Well, it looks like I was wrong, and I'm going to have to eat crow. I'll be eating crow if I'm not shown to be right. 2. Fig. to be shamed; to admit that one was wrong. When it became clear that they had arrested the wrong person, the police had to eat crow. Mary talked to Joe as if he was an uneducated idiot, till she found out he was a college professor. That made her eat crow.See also: crow, eat

eat humble pie

to act very humble when one is shown to be wrong. I think I'm right, but if I'm wrong, I'll eat humble pie. You think you're so smart. I hope you have to eat humble pie.See also: eat, humble, pie

eat like a bird

Fig. to eat only small amounts of food; to peck at one's food. Jane is very slim because she eats like a bird. Bill is trying to lose weight by eating like a bird.See also: bird, eat, like

eat like a horse

Fig. to eat large amounts of food. No wonder he's so fat. He eats like a horse. John works like a horse and eats like a horse, so he never gets fat.See also: eat, horse, like

eat something away

to erode something; to consume something bit by bit. The acid ate the finish away. It ate away the finish.See also: away, eat

eat crow

Also, eat dirt or humble pie . Be forced to admit a humiliating mistake, as in When the reporter got the facts all wrong, his editor made him eat crow. The first term's origin has been lost, although a story relates that it involved a War of 1812 encounter in which a British officer made an American soldier eat part of a crow he had shot in British territory. Whether or not it is true, the fact remains that crow meat tastes terrible. The two variants originated in Britain. Dirt obviously tastes bad. And humble pie alludes to a pie made from umbles, a deer's undesirable innards (heart, liver, entrails). [Early 1800s] Also see eat one's words. See also: crow, eat

eat like a bird

Eat very little, as in Jan is very thin-she eats like a bird. This simile alludes to the mistaken impression that birds don't eat much (they actually do, relative to their size), and dates from the first half of the 1900s. An antonym is eat like a horse, dating from the early 1700s, and alluding to the tendency of horses to eat whatever food is available. For example, I never have enough food for Ellen-she eats like a horse!See also: bird, eat, like

eat shit

Also, eat crap. Submit to degrading treatment, as in He refused to eat shit from the coach. James T. Farrell had the one term in Grandeur (1930), "They don't eat nobody's crap," and Mario Puzo the other in Dark Arena (1955), "He'd eaten shit all week." [ Vulgar slang; second half of 1800s] See also: eat, shit

eat like a bird

If you eat like a bird, you eat very little. She ate like a bird, refused a glass of wine, and was only interested in talking about her work. My younger daughter eats like a bird.See also: bird, eat, like

eat crow

AMERICANIf someone eats crow, they admit that they have been wrong and apologize. He wanted to make his critics eat crow. I didn't want to eat crow the rest of my life if my theories were wrong. Note: The usual British expression is eat humble pie. See also: crow, eat

eat like a horse

INFORMALIf someone eats like a horse, they eat a lot because they have a large appetite. When Kelly is on medication, he eats like a horse.See also: eat, horse, like

eat humble pie

If someone eats humble pie, they admit that they have been wrong and apologize. The Queen's Press secretary was forced to eat humble pie yesterday and publicly apologize to the duchess. The critics were too quick to give their verdict on us. We hope they'll be eating humble pie before the end of the season. Note: Humble pie is sometimes used in other structures with a similar meaning. After their victory, he took delight in handing out large helpings of humble pie to just about everyone. Note: `Umbles' is an old word for the guts and offal (= organs such as the liver) of deer. When rich people had the good parts of the meat to eat, the `umbles' were made into a pie for their servants. As `umbles' pie was eaten by `humble' people, the two words gradually became confused. `Humble pie' came to be used to refer to something humiliating or unpleasant. See also: eat, humble, pie

eat like a pig

INFORMALIf someone eats like a pig, they eat a lot of food, often in a greedy or unpleasant manner. He was the sort who could eat like a pig and never put on weight. They ate like pigs. I'd never seen anybody eat like this.See also: eat, like, pig

eat crow

be humiliated by your defeats or mistakes. North American informal In the USA ‘boiled crow’ has been a metaphor for something extremely disagreeable since the late 19th century.See also: crow, eat

eat like a horse

eat heartily and greedily.See also: eat, horse, like

eat humble pie

make a humble apology and accept humiliation. Humble pie is from a mid 19th-century pun based on umbles , meaning ‘offal’, which was considered to be an inferior food. 1998 Spectator A white youth behind us did shout racial abuse. But…after the game was over his companions forced him to come up to Darcus to eat humble pie. See also: eat, humble, pie

ˌeat humble ˈpie

(British English) (American English eat ˈcrow) say and show that you are sorry for a mistake that you made: I had to eat humble pie when Harry, who I said would never have any success, won first prize.This comes from a pun on the old word umbles, meaning ‘offal’ (= the inside parts of an animal), which was considered inferior food.See also: eat, humble, pie

eat like a ˈbird

eat very little: She’s so afraid of putting on weight that she eats like a bird.See also: bird, eat, like

eat like a ˈhorse

eat very large quantities of food: My brother eats like a horse but never puts on any weight.See also: eat, horse, like

eat crow

tv. to display total humility, especially when shown to be wrong. Well, it looks like I was wrong, and I’m going to have to eat crow. See also: crow, eat

eat nails

tv. to do something extreme in extreme anger. (see also mad enough to eat nails.) Sam was ready to eat nails. See also: eat, nail

eat crow

To be forced to accept a humiliating defeat.See also: crow, eat

eat humble pie

To be forced to apologize abjectly or admit one's faults in humiliating circumstances.See also: eat, humble, pie

单词	eaten
释义	eaten eat·en E0019200 (ēt′n)v.Past participle of eat. Translations p.p. di to eat Have you eaten? → 您吃饭了吗？ eaten eat (something) off To erode or wear something away. A very corrosive substance must have eaten off this part of the pipe.See also: eat, off eat away To erode or wear something away. Don't use that harsh cleaner—it will eat away at a soft metal like this.See also: away, eat eat crow To admit that one is wrong, usually when doing so triggers great embarrassment or shame. Ugh, now that my idea has failed, I'll have to eat crow in the board meeting tomorrow. I think Ellen is a perfectionist because the thought of having to eat crow terrifies her.See also: crow, eat eat humble pie To admit that one is wrong, usually when doing so triggers great embarrassment or shame. Ugh, now that my idea has failed, I'll have to eat humble pie in the board meeting tomorrow. I think Ellen is a perfectionist because the thought of having to eat humble pie terrifies her.See also: eat, humble, pie eat it up 1. Literally, to eat something, especially to eat all of it. Often used as an imperative. I know lasagna isn't your favorite, kiddo, but if you want dessert, you've got to eat it up. Go on, eat it up. It will make you feel better.2. To believe unquestioningly that something is true. I told them that I like this stupid school, and they totally ate it up—I guess I'm a pretty good actress.3. To thoroughly enjoy something. When anyone showers the baby with love and affection, she just eats it up! Great job on the presentation—the board is going to eat it up.See also: eat, up eat like a bird To not eat very much. The phrase evokes the image of a pecking bird. Don't worry about making extra food for Kim, she eats like a bird.See also: bird, eat, like eat like a horse To eat large quantities of food. Kim is staying for dinner, and she eats like a horse, so you better make some extra food.See also: eat, horse, like eat like a pig To eat large quantities of food and/or to eat sloppily. Kim is staying for dinner, and she eats like a pig, so you better make some extra food. Quit eating like a pig in this fancy restaurant—you're spilling stuff all over the tablecloth!See also: eat, like, pig eat through (something) To erode or wear through something. Don't use that harsh cleaner—it will eat through a soft metal like this.See also: eat, through eat shit 1. rude slang An interjection expressing anger or contempt. A: "Wow, you're a lousy mechanic, Ben." B: "Eat shit, Randy!"2. rude slang To accept poor, usually demeaning, treatment. How long do you expect these poor interns to eat shit here?See also: eat, shit eat crap rude slang To accept poor, usually demeaning, treatment. How long do you expect these poor interns to eat crap here?See also: crap, eat Revenge is a dish best eaten cold. Revenge that takes place far in the future, after the offending party has forgotten how they wronged someone, is much more satisfying. I never forgot the way he bullied and humiliated me in high school, but I chose to bide my time. Ten years later, my global corporation bought his family's puny company and exploited it for everything it was worth, leaving him penniless. It's true what they say—revenge is a dish best eaten cold.See also: dish, eaten, revenge eat nails To act in an angry, often intimidating, manner. Don't talk to that guy, he looks like he eats nails for breakfast! Can you believe she said that to me? Oh, I could eat nails!See also: eat, nail eaten up with (something) Obsessed, overcome, or preoccupied with some negative emotion. I've been eaten up with anger ever since I found out that my co-worker totally sabotaged me for that promotion. I'm really worried about Wendy—she's still eaten up with guilt over what happened.See also: eaten, up eat crow 1. . Fig. to display total humility, especially when shown to be wrong. Well, it looks like I was wrong, and I'm going to have to eat crow. I'll be eating crow if I'm not shown to be right. 2. Fig. to be shamed; to admit that one was wrong. When it became clear that they had arrested the wrong person, the police had to eat crow. Mary talked to Joe as if he was an uneducated idiot, till she found out he was a college professor. That made her eat crow.See also: crow, eat eat humble pie to act very humble when one is shown to be wrong. I think I'm right, but if I'm wrong, I'll eat humble pie. You think you're so smart. I hope you have to eat humble pie.See also: eat, humble, pie eat like a bird Fig. to eat only small amounts of food; to peck at one's food. Jane is very slim because she eats like a bird. Bill is trying to lose weight by eating like a bird.See also: bird, eat, like eat like a horse Fig. to eat large amounts of food. No wonder he's so fat. He eats like a horse. John works like a horse and eats like a horse, so he never gets fat.See also: eat, horse, like eat something away to erode something; to consume something bit by bit. The acid ate the finish away. It ate away the finish.See also: away, eat eat crow Also, eat dirt or humble pie . Be forced to admit a humiliating mistake, as in When the reporter got the facts all wrong, his editor made him eat crow. The first term's origin has been lost, although a story relates that it involved a War of 1812 encounter in which a British officer made an American soldier eat part of a crow he had shot in British territory. Whether or not it is true, the fact remains that crow meat tastes terrible. The two variants originated in Britain. Dirt obviously tastes bad. And humble pie alludes to a pie made from umbles, a deer's undesirable innards (heart, liver, entrails). [Early 1800s] Also see eat one's words. See also: crow, eat eat like a bird Eat very little, as in Jan is very thin-she eats like a bird. This simile alludes to the mistaken impression that birds don't eat much (they actually do, relative to their size), and dates from the first half of the 1900s. An antonym is eat like a horse, dating from the early 1700s, and alluding to the tendency of horses to eat whatever food is available. For example, I never have enough food for Ellen-she eats like a horse!See also: bird, eat, like eat shit Also, eat crap. Submit to degrading treatment, as in He refused to eat shit from the coach. James T. Farrell had the one term in Grandeur (1930), "They don't eat nobody's crap," and Mario Puzo the other in Dark Arena (1955), "He'd eaten shit all week." [ Vulgar slang; second half of 1800s] See also: eat, shit eat like a bird If you eat like a bird, you eat very little. She ate like a bird, refused a glass of wine, and was only interested in talking about her work. My younger daughter eats like a bird.See also: bird, eat, like eat crow AMERICANIf someone eats crow, they admit that they have been wrong and apologize. He wanted to make his critics eat crow. I didn't want to eat crow the rest of my life if my theories were wrong. Note: The usual British expression is eat humble pie. See also: crow, eat eat like a horse INFORMALIf someone eats like a horse, they eat a lot because they have a large appetite. When Kelly is on medication, he eats like a horse.See also: eat, horse, like eat humble pie If someone eats humble pie, they admit that they have been wrong and apologize. The Queen's Press secretary was forced to eat humble pie yesterday and publicly apologize to the duchess. The critics were too quick to give their verdict on us. We hope they'll be eating humble pie before the end of the season. Note: Humble pie is sometimes used in other structures with a similar meaning. After their victory, he took delight in handing out large helpings of humble pie to just about everyone. Note: `Umbles' is an old word for the guts and offal (= organs such as the liver) of deer. When rich people had the good parts of the meat to eat, the `umbles' were made into a pie for their servants. As `umbles' pie was eaten by `humble' people, the two words gradually became confused. `Humble pie' came to be used to refer to something humiliating or unpleasant. See also: eat, humble, pie eat like a pig INFORMALIf someone eats like a pig, they eat a lot of food, often in a greedy or unpleasant manner. He was the sort who could eat like a pig and never put on weight. They ate like pigs. I'd never seen anybody eat like this.See also: eat, like, pig eat crow be humiliated by your defeats or mistakes. North American informal In the USA ‘boiled crow’ has been a metaphor for something extremely disagreeable since the late 19th century.See also: crow, eat eat like a horse eat heartily and greedily.See also: eat, horse, like eat humble pie make a humble apology and accept humiliation. Humble pie is from a mid 19th-century pun based on umbles , meaning ‘offal’, which was considered to be an inferior food. 1998 Spectator A white youth behind us did shout racial abuse. But…after the game was over his companions forced him to come up to Darcus to eat humble pie. See also: eat, humble, pie ˌeat humble ˈpie (British English) (American English eat ˈcrow) say and show that you are sorry for a mistake that you made: I had to eat humble pie when Harry, who I said would never have any success, won first prize.This comes from a pun on the old word umbles, meaning ‘offal’ (= the inside parts of an animal), which was considered inferior food.See also: eat, humble, pie eat like a ˈbird eat very little: She’s so afraid of putting on weight that she eats like a bird.See also: bird, eat, like eat like a ˈhorse eat very large quantities of food: My brother eats like a horse but never puts on any weight.See also: eat, horse, like eat crow tv. to display total humility, especially when shown to be wrong. Well, it looks like I was wrong, and I’m going to have to eat crow. See also: crow, eat eat nails tv. to do something extreme in extreme anger. (see also mad enough to eat nails.) Sam was ready to eat nails. See also: eat, nail eat crow To be forced to accept a humiliating defeat.See also: crow, eat eat humble pie To be forced to apologize abjectly or admit one's faults in humiliating circumstances.See also: eat, humble, pie EncyclopediaSeeEAT eaten eaten (ēt′n)v.Past participle of eat ThesaurusSeeeat
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Revenge is a dish best eaten cold.

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