eat
verb[IorT]
uk/iːt/us/iːt/ate|eatenA1
to put or takefoodinto themouth,chewit(=crushit with theteeth), andswallowit:
吃Do you eatmeat?你吃肉吗?
When I've got acold, I don'tfeellike eating.我感冒时没有食欲。
We usually eat(= have ameal)at about seven o'clock.我们通常在7点前后吃饭。
to eat food
- eatWhat do you want to eat for lunch?
- haveI'll just have one more piece of chocolate cake.
- consumeHe consumes vast quantities of bread with every meal.
- devourThe children devoured a whole packet of biscuits.
- bolt (down)Don't bolt down your food - you'll make yourself ill!
- gobble (up/down)The children gobbled their sweets.
- I don't eatmeatand myhusbanddoesn't either.
- How manypiecesoffreshfruitdo you eat in aday?
- Janenever eatsbreakfast.
- Iofferedhim abiscuitand he ate thewholeplateful.
- Hepausedfor amomenttolistenand thencontinuedeating.
Eating
- al desko
- binge
- binge eating
- bite
- break breadidiom
- cram
- feast
- feast onsomething
- feeder
- feeding
- finish
- mainline
- pick
- pick atsomething
- picnic
- pig
- pig out
- shovel
- trough
- tuck
Idioms
eaten up with/bysomething
eatsomeonealive
eatsomeonefor breakfast
eatyourheart out
eat humble pie
eat like a bird
eat like a horse
eatsomeone'slunch
eatsomeoneout of house and home
eat, sleep, and breathesomething
eatyourwords
havesomeoneeating out ofyourhand
I'll eat my hat
(I'm so hungry), I could eat a horse
what's eatingsomeone?
Phrasal verbs
eat away atsomething
eat away atsomeone
eat in
eat intosomething
eat out
eat(something)up
eat upsomething