| 词组 | eat |
| 释义 | eat Theme: COST tr. to absorb the cost or expense of something.It was our mistake, and we'll have to eat it.We'll eat the costs on this one. It's the least we can do. Theme: WORRY tr. [for something] to bother or worry someone.What's eating you, Bill?Nothing's eating me. I'm just the nervous type. eat 1. noun eating US, 1993 2. verb 1 to perform oral sex US, 1916. 2 to swallow. Used especially in the context of ingesting LSD US, 1970. 3 (of tobacco) to chew CANADA, 1961. 4 to bother US, 1892. 5 to accept a monetary loss US, 1955.► be able to eat an apple through a bird cageto have buck teeth AUSTRALIA, 1998.► could eat the hind leg off a donkeyapplied to someone who is very hungry. A variation of 'eat a horse', on the model of TALK THE HIND LEG OFF A DONKEY UK, 1961.► eat a horse and chase the rider/jockeyto be very hungry AUSTRALIA, 1972.► eat a shit sandwichto accept humiliations as punishment. A variation on EAT SHIT UK, 1997.► eat a stockto buy undesirable stock to maintain an order market in the stock US, 1988.► eat asphaltto crash while riding a motorcyle, bicycling, or taking part in any recreational activity on the street US, 2002.► eat bad foodto get pregnant TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1974.► eat cardsin blackjack, to draw more cards than you normally would in a given hand in order to learn more about what cards are remaining unplayed. The card-eater takes a short-term loss in hope of a long-term big win US, 1991.► eat cheeseto curry favour US, 1968.► eat concreteto drive on a motorway US, 1971.► eat crowto be forced to accept humiliation. According to legend, a British Army officer tricked then forced an American to eat a crow that the latter had shot US, 1877.► eat cuntto perform oral sex on a woman US, 1972.► eat dickto perform oral sex on a man US, 1988.► eat dim sumto take the passive role in anal intercourse. Rhyming slang for TAKE IT UP THE BUM UK, 2003.► eat dirtto fall on your face. A literal consequence US, 1998.► eat faceto kiss in a sustained and passionate manner US, 1966.► eat for breakfastto vanquish, outdo, overcome AUSTRALIA, 1970.► eat from the bushy plateto engage in oral sex on a woman. Probably coined by comedian Sacha Baron-Cohen (b.1970); his influence on late C20 UK slang is profound UK, 2001.► eat it1. to suffer an accident, especially a fall. Hawaiian youth usage US, 1982.2. in surfing, to lose control and fall from your surfboard US, 1991.► eat leadto be shot US, 1927.► eat like a horseto have a very large appetite UK, 1971.► eat plastic(used of a hospital patient) to be intubated US, 1994.► eat pussyto perform oral sex on a woman US, 1965.► eat raw; eat raw without saltto defeat or destroy mercilessly TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2003.► eat razor bladesto speak harshly and offensively. Collected in 1972 BARBADOS, 1972.► eat sausageto perform oral sex on a man NEW ZEALAND, 1984.► eat shit1. as a condition of subservience, to do something disagreeable or humiliating. May be varied to 'eat crap' US, 1930.2. in surfing, to lose control of a ride and fall off your surfboard US, 1991.► eat someone's lunchto thrash; to exact revenge US, 1968.► eat the cookiewhile surfing, to be pounded fiercely by a breaking wave US, 1997.► eat the crutch off a low-flying emuto be very hungry AUSTRALIA, 1985.► eat the floormatto throw yourself to the floor of a car US, 1981.► eat the gingerto play the leading role in a play US, 1952.► eat the head off, eat the face offto verbally abuse or attack IRELAND, 2003.► eat your gunto commit suicide by gun US, 1997.► eat your hatused for expressing a certainty that such and such will not happen. Very occasionally taken literally as 'a wager against fate' UK, 1837.► eat your own dog foodto make use of whatever product or service you provide US, 2003.► eatin' ain't cheatin'used as a jocular assertion that oral sex does not rise to the level of adultery or infidelity. A maxim that enjoyed sudden and massive appeal in the US during the President Clinton sex scandals US, 1994.► I could eat a baby's bum through a cane chairI am extremely hungry AUSTRALIA, 1985.► I could eat a scabby horse between bedragsI am very hungry UK, 1981.► I could eat that; I could eat that without salta catchphrase that is used of an attractive girl or young woman. An unattractive girl may inspire the opposite: 'I couldn't eat that'; on the other hand, girls wishing to express desire may use: 'he could eat me without salt'. The sense is occasionally exaggerated as: 'I could boil up her knickers and drink the gravy' UK, 1951 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 formal2. 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 up2. 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 out2. 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 up3. 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 eat (someone or something)1. To pay the cost of something. If we sent the wrong file to the printer, then we'll just have to eat the cost of the fliers and start over again. 2. To cause one to worry. What's eating you? Did something bad happen? 3. vulgar slang To perform cunnilingus. eat1. tv. [for something] to bother or worry someone. Nothing’s eating me. I’m just the nervous type. 2. tv. to absorb the cost or expense of something. We’ll eat the costs on this one. It’s the least we can do. 3. tv. to perform oral sex on someone. (Usually objectionable.) She said she wanted to eat me!
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