词组 | eat |
释义 | eat /iːt/ verb (past tense ate /et, eɪt $ eɪt/, past participle eaten /ˈiːtn/) to put food in your mouth and chew and swallow itnounseat food Is your baby eating the right food?eat meat (=include it in your diet) She doesn’t eat meat, so I made her a tomato omelette.eat a healthy/balanced/vegetarian etc diet It’s important to eat a balanced diet.eat breakfast/lunch/dinner/supper What time do you usually eat lunch?adverbseat well (=have enough food, or have good food) The people work hard, but they eat well.eat healthily/sensibly If you eat healthily and exercise regularly, you’ll look and feel a lot better.eat properly BrE eat right AmE (=eat food that will keep you healthy) He hadn’t been eating properly and looked very thin. | I exercise and eat right and get plenty of sleep.eat hungrily/ravenously (=eat a lot quickly, because you are very hungry) The children ate hungrily, devouring everything on their plate.eat heartily (=eat a lot of food) We ate heartily every evening.eat sparingly (=eat very little) Carter joined us for lunch, but ate sparingly.phrasessomething to eat I’m sure you can get something to eat on the train. | We stopped for something to eat.a bite to eat (=a small meal or snack) We should have time for a bite to eat before we set out.nothing to eat I’ve had nothing to eat all day.have enough/plenty to eat Have you had enough to eat?go out to eat (=eat at a restaurant) Would you like to go out to eat?eat like a horse (=eat a lot) She eats like a horse but never puts on any weight.eat like a bird (=eat very little) Ever since she was a child, Jan had always eaten like a bird.Eat or have?You use eat when talking about having food in your mouth and biting or chewing it: He was eating a banana. You can use eat when talking about someone’s diet: She doesn’t eat meat. You can also use eat about the time when you eat: We usually eat at about 1 o’clock.You use have when talking about eating a particular food for a meal: We usually have porridge for breakfast. I think I’ll have a cheese sandwich.When talking about meals, it is more common to say have breakfast/lunch/dinner: You must have lunch with us some time.THESAURUS: eat have to eat a particular food or meal: “What do you usually have for breakfast?” “I usually just have coffee and toast.” | We had the set meal. feed on sth to eat a particular kind of food – used when talking about animals: Foxes feed on a wide range of foods including mice, birds, insects, and fruit. consume written to eat or drink something – used especially in scientific or technical contexts: Babies consume large amounts relative to their body weight. munch (on) sth to eat something with big continuous movements of your mouth, especially when you are enjoying your food: He was munching on an apple. | They were sitting on a bench munching their sandwiches. nibble (on) sth to eat something by biting off very small pieces: If you want a healthy snack, why not just nibble on a carrot? pick at sth to eat only a small amount of your food because you are not hungry or do not like the food: Lisa was so upset that she could only pick at her food. stuff/gorge yourself to eat so much food that you cannot eat anything else: He’s always stuffing himself with cakes. | We gorged ourselves on my mother’s delicious apple tart. slurp to eat soup, noodles etc with a noisy sucking sound: In Britain it’s considered rude to slurp your soup, but in some countries it’s seen as a sign of enjoyment.to eat something quickly gobble sth up/down informal to eat something very quickly, especially because you like it very much or you are greedy: You’ve gobbled up all the ice cream! | The children gobbled it down in no time. wolf sth down informal to eat food quickly, especially because you are very hungry or in a hurry: The boy wolfed down everything on his plate and asked for more. bolt sth down BrE to eat food very quickly, especially because you are in a hurry: He bolted down his breakfast and was out of the door within 5 minutes. | You shouldn’t bolt your food down like that. devour /dɪˈvaʊə $ -ˈvaʊr/ especially written to eat all of something quickly because you are very hungry: In a very short time, the snake had devoured the whole animal.to eat less food or stop eating be on a diet to be eating less or different food than normal in order to become thinner: No cake thanks – I’m on a diet. fast to not eat for a period of time, often for religious reasons: Muslim people fast during the month of Ramadan. |
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