| 词组 | eat |
| 释义 | eat [ate, eaten, eating] eat away 1. eat sth away • eat away sth especially BrE to gradually reduce something by taking parts of it away: ▪ New housing estates are still being built, and they are gradually eating away our countryside and woodlands. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑erode formal 2. eat away sth • eat sth away if water or chemicals eat something away, they gradually destroy it: ▪ Acids are corrosive, that is, they eat away other materials. ▪ The floor of the car had been eaten away by rust. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑erode, corrode eat away at 1. eat away at sb if an unpleasant thought eats away at you, it makes you feel very worried over a long period of time: ▪ What she did is eating away at her. She bitterly regrets the hurt she caused. ▪ Economic anxiety eats away at people who work in America. ■ SIMILAR TO: eat sb up 2. eat away at sth to gradually destroy something by continuously damaging it: ▪ It was discovered that pollution in the atmosphere was eating away at the carvings. ▪ The disease eats away at the brain until it kills the patient. ▪ Racial conflict is eating away at American society. ▪ Workplace stress eats away at your energy and self-esteem. eat in 1. eat in to eat a meal at home instead of going to a restaurant: ▪ I'm too tired to go out - let's eat in instead. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑dine in formal ■ OPPOSITE: eat out 2. eat in to eat inside a restaurant instead of taking your food somewhere else to eat: ▪ "Two burgers and two coffees, please." "To eat in or take away?" eat into eat into sth to use or take away part of something valuable, especially money or time: ▪ The company was forced to cut prices sharply, eating into its profits. ▪ Jet lag can eat into precious holiday time. eat out eat out to eat a meal in a restaurant, instead of at home: ▪ I don't feel like cooking - let's eat out. ▪ People are spending more money now on vacations, eating out, health clubs and things like that. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑dine out ■ OPPOSITE: eat in eat up 1. eat up • eat up sth • eat sth up to eat all of something: ▪ There's some bacon in the fridge that needs eating up. ▪ In parts of Binh Dinh province, huge rats were eating up the crops. eat up! spoken (=used to tell a child to eat all of his or her food) ▪ Come on, Kaylee, eat up! 2. eat up sth • eat sth up to use a lot of something, such as money or time, especially so that there is none left: ▪ My car broke down last month, and the repairs ate up all my savings. ▪ The job ate up most of his time, including weekends and holidays. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑use up 3. eat up sb • eat sb up if unhappy thoughts or feelings eat you up, they make you feel very upset, angry etc and you cannot think of anything else: ▪ It just eats me up how those kids are totally ignored by their parents. ▪ Angel lay on his bed, eaten up by jealousy - by the thought that Luke was going out with Maria. eat sb up inside ▪ He may be a free man, but if he did kill his wife, it's going to eat him up inside. 4. eat sth up • eat up sth AmE informal to be excited about something and enjoy it very much: ▪ Maybe we should put out an investigative news program - audiences eat that stuff up. ▪ Vickroy uses games to teach little kids how to get fit, and the kids eat it up. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑lap up |
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