英漢辭典

1. vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
   1. 吃(食物),喝(湯等),用(餐),食…為生

   eat good food

   吃好東西,享受美食

   eat one's soup

   喝湯

   (be) good to eat

   能吃(的),可食用(的);好吃,可口

   eat one's fill.

   吃個飽

2. 2. 使(自己)吃得過飽

   eat oneself sick [into a sickness]

   使(自己)吃多了感到難受,吃出病來

   eat oneself into grave

   由於吃得過多而影響壽命.

3. 3. 吃光,破壞;蛀蝕,(酸等)侵蝕,腐蝕;把…腐蝕出窟洞

   Acid ate holes in my suit.

   我的上衣被酸性的東西腐蝕了個洞.

4. 4. [口] 使(某人)難受,使著急,為難(某人)

   What's eating you?

   什麼事讓你難受?

   Well, don't eat me! [joc.]

   行了,別折磨[為難]我了,請手下留情吧!

5. 5. [英‧俚] 對…看得入迷

6. 6. [禁忌] 舔…的性器官



7. vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)
   1. 吃東西;進餐;能吃(的);(…的)味道甘美

   eat and drink

   吃喝

   Eat, drink, and be merry!

   【口】 吃喝玩樂,今朝有酒今朝醉.(Eccl. 815)

   eat well

   好吃;可口,可以吃了;胃口好;吃得考究

   This cake eats crisp.

   這種點心吃起來很脆.

   It eats like fish.

   這東西吃起來有魚的香味.



8. n. (名詞 noun)
   1. [口] 食物

柯林斯英英辭典

vb

1. to take into the mouth and swallow (food, etc), esp after biting and chewing

vt. (transitive verb)

1. [tr; often foll by away or up] to destroy as if by eating

the damp had eaten away the woodwork

2. [often foll by into] to use up or waste

taxes ate into his inheritance

3. [often foll by into or through] to make (a hole, passage, etc) by eating or gnawing

rats ate through the floor

4. to take or have (a meal or meals)

we always eat at six

5. [tr] to include as part of one's diet

he doesn't eat fish

6. [tr] [informal] to cause to worry; make anxious

what's eating you?

7. [tr] [Slang] to perform cunnilingus or fellatio upon

8. See also eat out eats eat up

9. [Etymology] Old English etan; related to Gothic itan, Old High German ezzan, Latin edere, Greek edein, Sanskrit admi