| 单词 | bite |
| 释义 | bite (once / 211 pages) 1vn 2n 3nv 4n 5n WORD FAMILY bite: biter, bites, biting, bitten, overbite+/biter: biters/biting: bitingest, bitingly/overbite: overbites USAGE EXAMPLESJust as you would eat an elephant - one bite at a time. New York Times(Oct 18, 2016) Bite for bite, it’s delicate, extremely mild and moist. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) “It’s the fees that we rarely encounter that sneak up and bite us,” says Greg McBride, chief financial analyst for Bankrate.com. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) 1 1v to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws Gunny invariably tried to bite her Syn|Hypo|Hyper seize with teeth gnaw bite or chew on with the teeth bite off, snap atbite off with a quick bite snapbring the jaws together nibblebite gently nipgive a small sharp bite to nibblebite off very small pieces grip hold fast or firmly 2v cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort Syn|Hypo|Hyper burn, sting burn feel hot or painful nettle, urticate sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation ache, hurt, smart be the source of pain 3v penetrate or cut, as with a knife The fork bit into the surface Hyper pierce make a hole into 4n the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws Syn|Hypo|Hyper chomp munch a large bite nibblegentle biting nip, pincha small sharp bite or snip eating, feeding the act of consuming food 5n a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person Hypo|Hyper dog bite a bite inflicted by a dog snakebitea bite inflicted by a (venomous) snake lesion, wound an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) 6n (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait 2after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite Hyper success an event that accomplishes its intended purpose 1n a portion removed from the whole the government's weekly bite from my paycheck Hyper deduction, subtraction the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole) 2n a small amount of solid food; a mouthful Syn|Hypo|Hyper bit, morsel chaw, chew, cud, plug, quid, wad a wad of something chewable as tobacco crumbsmall piece of e.g. bread or cake sop, sopspiece of solid food for dipping in a liquid breadcrumbcrumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening cracker crumbscrumbs of crackers used especially for coating or thickening mouthful, taste a small amount eaten or drunk 3n a light informal meal 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper collation, snack refreshment snacks and drinks served as a light meal nosh(Yiddish) a snack or light meal coffee break, tea breaka snack taken during a break in the work day meal, repast the food served and eaten at one time 1n a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin Syn|Hypo|Hyper insect bite, sting bee sting a sting inflicted by a bee flea bitesting inflicted by a flea mosquito bitea sting inflicted by a mosquito harm, hurt, injury, trauma any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. 2v deliver a sting to 4Syn|Hyper prick, sting pierce make a hole into n wit having a sharp and caustic quality 5the bite of satire Syn|Hyper pungency humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter n a strong odor or taste property the sulfurous bite of garlic Syn|Hyper pungency, raciness, sharpness spice, spicery, spiciness the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored |
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