eat 音标拼音: ['it]
vt . 吃,喝;腐蚀,侵蚀
vi . 吃,吃饭
吃,喝;腐蚀,侵蚀吃,吃饭
eat v 1 :
take in solid food ; "
She was eating a banana "; "
What did you eat for dinner last night ?"
2 :
eat a meal ;
take a meal ; "
We did not eat until 10 P .
M .
because there were so many phone calls "; "
I didn '
t eat yet ,
so I gladly accept your invitation "
3 :
take in food ;
used of animals only ; "
This dog doesn '
t eat certain kinds of meat "; "
What do whales eat ?" [
synonym : {
feed },
{
eat }]
4 :
worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way ; "
What '
s eating you ?" [
synonym : {
eat }, {
eat on }]
5 :
use up (
resources or materials ); "
this car consumes a lot of gas "; "
We exhausted our savings "; "
They run through 20 bottles of wine a week " [
synonym : {
consume }, {
eat up }, {
use up },
{
eat }, {
deplete }, {
exhaust }, {
run through }, {
wipe out }]
6 :
cause to deteriorate due to the action of water ,
air ,
or an acid ; "
The acid corroded the metal "; "
The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink " [
synonym : {
corrode },
{
eat }, {
rust }]
Eat \
Eat \ ([=
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t ),
v .
t . [
imp . {
Ate } ([=
a ]
t ;
277 ),
Obsolescent &
Colloq . {
Eat } ([
e ^]
t );
p .
p . {
Eaten } ([=
e ]
t "'
n ),
Obs .
or Colloq . {
Eat } ([
e ^]
t );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Eating }.] [
OE .
eten ,
AS .
etan ;
akin to OS .
etan ,
OFries .
eta ,
D .
eten ,
OHG .
ezzan ,
G .
essen ,
Icel .
eta ,
Sw . [
aum ]
ta ,
Dan . [
ae ]
de ,
Goth .
itan ,
Ir . &
Gael .
ith ,
W .
ysu ,
L .
edere ,
Gr . '
e `
dein ,
Skr .
ad .
[
root ]
6 .
Cf . {
Etch }, {
Fret }
to rub , {
Edible }.]
1 .
To chew and swallow as food ;
to devour ; --
said especially of food not liquid ;
as ,
to eat bread . "
To eat grass as oxen ." --
Dan .
iv .
25 .
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They . . .
ate the sacrifices of the dead . --
Ps .
cvi .
28 .
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The lean . . .
did eat up the first seven fat kine .
--
Gen .
xli .
20 .
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The lion had not eaten the carcass . --
1 Kings xiii .
28 .
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With stories told of many a feat ,
How fairy Mab the junkets eat . --
Milton .
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The island princes overbold Have eat our substance . --
Tennyson .
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His wretched estate is eaten up with mortgages .
--
Thackeray .
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2 .
To corrode ,
as metal ,
by rust ;
to consume the flesh ,
as a cancer ;
to waste or wear away ;
to destroy gradually ;
to cause to disappear .
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{
To eat humble pie }.
See under {
Humble }.
{
To eat of } (
partitive use ). "
Eat of the bread that can not waste ." --
Keble .
{
To eat one '
s words },
to retract what one has said . (
See the Citation under {
Blurt }.)
{
To eat out },
to consume completely . "
Eat out the heart and comfort of it ." --
Tillotson .
{
To eat the wind out of a vessel } (
Naut .),
to gain slowly to windward of her .
Syn :
To consume ;
devour ;
gnaw ;
corrode .
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Eat \
Eat \,
v .
i .
1 .
To take food ;
to feed ;
especially ,
to take solid ,
in distinction from liquid ,
food ;
to board .
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He did eat continually at the king '
s table . --
2 Sam .
ix .
13 .
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2 .
To taste or relish ;
as ,
it eats like tender beef .
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3 .
To make one '
s way slowly .
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{
To eat }, {
To eat in }
or {
To eat into },
to make way by corrosion ;
to gnaw ;
to consume . "
A sword laid by ,
which eats into itself ." --
Byron .
{
To eat to windward } (
Naut .),
to keep the course when closehauled with but little steering ; --
said of a vessel .
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75 Moby Thesaurus words for "
eat ":
ablate ,
absorb ,
assimilate ,
bite ,
bleed white ,
break bread ,
burn up ,
canker ,
consume ,
corrode ,
count calories ,
deplete ,
devour ,
diet ,
digest ,
disregard ,
dissolve ,
down ,
drain ,
drain of resources ,
drink ,
eat away ,
eat into ,
eat out ,
eat up ,
engorge ,
engulf ,
erode ,
etch ,
exhaust ,
expend ,
fall to ,
fare ,
feed ,
feed on ,
finish ,
finish off ,
gnaw ,
gobble ,
gobble up ,
gulp ,
gulp down ,
hunger ,
ignore ,
imbibe ,
impoverish ,
ingest ,
ingurgitate ,
meal ,
nibble away ,
oxidize ,
partake ,
partake of ,
pitch in ,
pocket ,
pocket the affront ,
relish ,
rust ,
savor ,
spend ,
squander ,
stomach ,
suck dry ,
swallow ,
swallow an insult ,
swallow up ,
swill ,
swill down ,
take ,
taste ,
turn aside provocation ,
use up ,
waste away ,
wear away ,
wolf down
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