英语词汇“eat”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

eateat /it/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tense ate /eɪt/, past participle eaten /ˈit˺n/)

ETYMOLOGYeat

Origin: Old English etan

VERB TABLE

eat

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	eat
	he, she, it	eats
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	ate
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have eaten
	he, she, it	has eaten
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had eaten
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will eat
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have eaten

Continuous Form
Present	I	am eating
	he, she, it	is eating
	you, we, they	are eating
Past	I, he, she, it	was eating
	you, we, they	were eating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been eating
	he, she, it	has been eating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been eating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be eating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been eating

COLLOCATIONS► something to eat

Would you like something to eat (=some food)?

► eat right

I try to exercise and eat right (=eat food that keeps you healthy).

► a bite to eat

We stopped for a bite to eat (=a small amount of food).

► eat breakfast/lunch/dinner

Let’s eat dinner in the dining room tonight.

► had ... eating out of her hand

Young and beautiful, Lamour had the world eating out of her hand.

THESAURUSfood► eat

to put food in your mouth and swallow it: Eat your sandwich. Would you like something to eat (=some food)?

► have

to eat or drink a particular thing: What would you like to have for dinner?

► consume

formal to eat or drink something. Used especially in writing: Coffee is consumed by millions of people every day.

► devour

formal to eat something very quickly: The hungry children devoured the food on their plates and asked for more.

► overeat

to eat too much, or eat more than is healthy: I overate at lunch and now I feel a little sick.

► nibble (on) something

to take small bites of something and eat only a little bit of it: Sarah nibbled on a cookie and sipped her coffee.

► pick at something

to eat only a little bit of your food because you are not hungry: He only picked at his dinner.

► munch (on)

to eat something in a slightly noisy or messy way. Often used about animals or children: The beaver sat at the edge of the pond munching on tree bark.

► ingest

formal to eat or swallow something. Used in scientific language: If too much of the substance is ingested, vomiting will occur.

1FOOD [intransitive, transitive] to put food in your mouth and swallow it: Eat your sandwich. Would you like something to eat (=some food)? I try to exercise and eat right (=eat food that keeps you healthy). We stopped for a bite to eat (=a small amount of food).THESAURUShave – to eat or drink a particular thing: What would you like to have for dinner?consume formal – to eat or drink something. Used especially in writing: Coffee is consumed by millions of people every day.devour formal – to eat something very quickly: The hungry children devoured the food on their plates and asked for more.overeat – to eat too much, or eat more than is healthy: I overate at lunch and now I feel a little sick.nibble (on) something – to take small bites of something and eat only a little bit of it: Sarah nibbled on a cookie and sipped her coffee.pick at something – to eat only a little bit of your food because you are not hungry: He only picked at his dinner.munch (on) – to eat something in a slightly noisy or messy way. Often used about animals or children: The beaver sat at the edge of the pond munching on tree bark.ingest formal – to eat or swallow something. Used in scientific language: If too much of the substance is ingested, vomiting will occur.2MEAL [intransitive, transitive] to have a meal: What time do we eat?eat breakfast/lunch/dinner Let’s eat dinner in the dining room tonight.eat at We don’t eat at restaurants very often.3USE [intransitive always + adv./prep., transitive] to use a lot of something SYN eat up: That big old car of mine just eats money.4eat your words to admit that what you said was wrong: He’ll have to eat his words if she wins.5eat your heart out! humorous used when you think what you have made or achieved is very good and when you want other people to notice or be impressed: You should see my latest painting. Pablo Picasso, eat your heart out!6eat somebody alive (also eat somebody for breakfast) to criticize someone severely or become very angry with him or her, or to defeat someone completely: I can’t tell him that. He’ll eat me alive! The other team ate us for breakfast.7eat somebody out of house and home to eat a lot of someone’s supply of food, especially when you are living with him or her: Our sixteen-year-old is eating us out of house and home.8eat crow (also eat humble pie) to admit that you were wrong, especially in an embarrassing situation: Critics who said the plan wouldn’t work are now eating crow.9eating out of somebody’s hand very willing to believe someone or to do what he or she wants: Young and beautiful, Lamour had the world eating out of her hand.SPOKEN PHRASES10what’s eating you? used to ask why someone seems annoyed or upset11I could eat a horse used to say you are very hungry12somebody eats like a horse if someone eats like a horse, he or she eats a lot13somebody eats like a pig if someone eats like a pig, he or she eats a lot quickly in a messy way14somebody eats like a bird if someone eats like a bird, he or she eats very little15if ..., I’ll eat my hat old-fashioned used to say that you think something is not true or will not happen16I couldn’t eat another bite/thing used to say that you are full[Origin: Old English etan] → see also eatseat something ↔ away phrasal verb to gradually destroy something until it is gone: The acid can eat away clothes and burn your skin.eat away at phrasal verb1eat away at something to gradually remove or reduce the amount of something: Rising production costs are eating away at profits.2eat away at somebody to make someone feel very worried or upset over a long period of time: Her doubts kept eating away at her.3eat away at something to gradually destroy somethingeat in phrasal verb to eat at home instead of going to a restaurant: We usually eat in.eat into something phrasal verb1to gradually reduce the amount of time, money, etc. that is available: The cost of car repairs is eating into my savings.2to damage or destroy something: The acid eats into the surface of the metal.eat out phrasal verb to eat a meal in a restaurant: I don’t feel like cooking. Let’s eat out tonight.eat up phrasal verb1eat something ↔ up spoken to eat all of something: Come on, Katie, eat up! Who ate up all the cookies I baked for the party?2eat something ↔ up informal to use a lot of something or all of something until it is gone: The program eats up a lot of memory.3eat it up to enjoy something very much: Everyone complimented her, and she just ate it up.4eat somebody up to make someone feel very upset and full of sadness: It eats me up to see those starving kids on TV.5be eaten up with anger/jealousy/curiosity etc. to be very angry, jealous, etc., so that you cannot think about anything else