英语词组eat up是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

eat upeat (you) up

to spoil your life.

The danger of a busy professional life is that it will eat you up.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of eat something up (= to use something so there is little or nothing left)

Phr V

eat up

eats, eating, ate, eaten

eat up sth or eat sth up

to eat all the food you have been given

Within two minutes she had eaten up all the bread and cheese.

to use all of something that is valuable and that you are trying to keep

The increased cost of books eats up the school's budget.Any software that stores images will eat up a lot of disk space.

slightly informal to use large amounts of fuel

A big car like this eats up petrol.

American informal to enjoy something {e.g. film, show} very much

I didn't like the show but the kids really ate it up.

eat up sb or eat sb up

if a memory or bad emotion {e.g. guilt, bitterness} eats someone up, they experience it so strongly that they are very badly affected by it

He was so eaten up by guilt he became ill.If you're not careful, bitterness can eat you up.

Eat up!

(always an order) something that you say to someone, especially a child, in order to tell them to eat their food

Come on, eat up! We haven't got all day.

eat it up

1. Literally, to eat something, especially to eat all of it. Often used as an imperative. I know lasagna isn't your favorite, kiddo, but if you want dessert, you've got to eat it up. Go on, eat it up. It will make you feel better.

2. To believe unquestioningly that something is true. I told them that I like this stupid school, and they totally ate it up—I guess I'm a pretty good actress.

3. To thoroughly enjoy something. When anyone showers the baby with love and affection, she just eats it up! Great job on the presentation—the board is going to eat it up.

eat up

1. verb To eat, especially to completely finish one's food. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eat" and "up." Often used as an imperative. Kim may be tiny, but she has a big appetite and will eat up anything you put in front of her. We've got to leave soon, kids, so eat up. Eat your vegetables up if you want to grow up strong.

2. verb To bite one excessively, as of insects. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eat" and "up." If you're outside at dusk, the mosquitos will eat you up.

3. verb To take or require a lot of some resource. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eat" and "up." I'm in a poor financial state because my hospital bills have eaten up so much of my money.

4. verb To believe unquestioningly that something is true. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eat" and "up." I told them that I like this stupid school, and they totally ate it up—I guess I'm a pretty good actress.

5. verb To thoroughly enjoy something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eat" and "up." The baby just eats up everyone's love and affection.

6. verb To continually bother or worry someone. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eat" and "up." The precarious state of my finances has really begun to eat me up. I'm worried that your critical comments have begun to eat Tiffany up—she seems very subdued these days.

7. verb To overwhelm and/or easily defeat one due to being more aggressive, powerful, etc. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eat" and "up." Our team isn't very good, and I'm worried that the competition at this level will eat us up.

eat someone up

1. . Lit. to consume the flesh of someone. The big bad wolf said he was going to eat you up! The bear ate up the fish.

2. Fig. [for an idea] to consume a person. The whole idea of visiting Australia was just eating her up. The obsession to own a car was eating up my brother and his friends.

3. Fig. [for insects] to bite a person all over. These mosquitoes are just eating me up! The bugs literally ate up all the hikers.

4. Fig. [for someone] to overwhelm and devastate someone. The guy is a devil! He just eats up people! Fred will just eat you up. He is a vicious administrator.

eat something up

1. . and eat an animal up Lit. to devour all of some food or an animal. They ate the turkey up, and no one had to eat leftovers. The lion ate up the zebra very quickly.

2. Fig. to consume something rapidly, such as money. Running this household eats my income up. The car really eats up gas.

3. Fig. to believe something. Those people really eat that stuff up about tax reduction. They'll eat up almost anything you tell them.

4. Fig. to appreciate something. The audience liked my singing; they really ate it up. The stuff about the federal budget went over well. They really ate up the whole story.

Eat up!

to eat everything; to eat eagerly. (Usually a command to begin eating. Compare this with Drink up!.) Come on, let's eat up and get going. Eat up, you guys, and get back to work!

eat up

1. Consume completely, as in No television until you eat up your dinner, or This quarter's expenses have eaten up all my spare cash. The literal use (first example) dates from the early 1500s, the figurative from the early 1600s.

2. Enjoy avidly, as in She simply eats up the publicity. [Late 1800s]

3. Believe unquestioningly, be gullible, as in He'll eat up whatever the broker tells him. [Slang; early 1900s]

4. Defeat completely, as in This new fighter just eats up every opponent. [Slang; c. 1830]

5. See eat out, def. 2.

eat up

1. To devour something completely: The children ate up all the food in the house. If you leave cookies out, the dog will eat them up.

2. To consume a large amount of something: The repair bills for maintaining this old car really eat up my savings account. Driving so fast ate all our gas up very quickly.

3. Slang To obsess or bother someone: That snide remark you made is still eating me up.

4. Slang To receive or enjoy something enthusiastically or avidly: That television celebrity really eats up the publicity. The kids love those jokes—they eat them right up.

5. Slang To believe something without question: He'll eat up whatever his broker tells him. I said I was very rich and she ate it right up.

eat something up

1. tv. to consume something rapidly, such as food or money. Running this household eats my income up.

2. tv. to believe something. Those people really eat that stuff up about tax reduction.

3. tv. to appreciate something. The stuff about the federal budget went over well. They really ate up the whole story.

eat up

in. to eat in enjoyment. (Usually a command.) Eat up! There’s plenty more where this came from.

词组	eat up
释义	eat up Theme: EATING in. to eat in enjoyment. (Usually a command.) Come on, now. Sit down and eat up!Eat up! There's plenty more where this came from. Idiom eat upeat (you) up to spoil your life. The danger of a busy professional life is that it will eat you up. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of eat something up (= to use something so there is little or nothing left) Phr V eat up eats, eating, ate, eaten eat up sth or eat sth up to eat all the food you have been given Within two minutes she had eaten up all the bread and cheese. to use all of something that is valuable and that you are trying to keep The increased cost of books eats up the school's budget.Any software that stores images will eat up a lot of disk space. slightly informal to use large amounts of fuel A big car like this eats up petrol. American informal to enjoy something {e.g. film, show} very much I didn't like the show but the kids really ate it up. eat up sb or eat sb up if a memory or bad emotion {e.g. guilt, bitterness} eats someone up, they experience it so strongly that they are very badly affected by it He was so eaten up by guilt he became ill.If you're not careful, bitterness can eat you up. Eat up! (always an order) something that you say to someone, especially a child, in order to tell them to eat their food Come on, eat up! We haven't got all day. eat up verb (used of a wave) to overcome and knock a surfer from the surfboard US, 1965 phraseeat up1. 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 it up 1. Literally, to eat something, especially to eat all of it. Often used as an imperative. I know lasagna isn't your favorite, kiddo, but if you want dessert, you've got to eat it up. Go on, eat it up. It will make you feel better. 2. To believe unquestioningly that something is true. I told them that I like this stupid school, and they totally ate it up—I guess I'm a pretty good actress. 3. To thoroughly enjoy something. When anyone showers the baby with love and affection, she just eats it up! Great job on the presentation—the board is going to eat it up. eat up 1. verb To eat, especially to completely finish one's food. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eat" and "up." Often used as an imperative. Kim may be tiny, but she has a big appetite and will eat up anything you put in front of her. We've got to leave soon, kids, so eat up. Eat your vegetables up if you want to grow up strong. 2. verb To bite one excessively, as of insects. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eat" and "up." If you're outside at dusk, the mosquitos will eat you up. 3. verb To take or require a lot of some resource. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eat" and "up." I'm in a poor financial state because my hospital bills have eaten up so much of my money. 4. verb To believe unquestioningly that something is true. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eat" and "up." I told them that I like this stupid school, and they totally ate it up—I guess I'm a pretty good actress. 5. verb To thoroughly enjoy something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eat" and "up." The baby just eats up everyone's love and affection. 6. verb To continually bother or worry someone. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eat" and "up." The precarious state of my finances has really begun to eat me up. I'm worried that your critical comments have begun to eat Tiffany up—she seems very subdued these days. 7. verb To overwhelm and/or easily defeat one due to being more aggressive, powerful, etc. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eat" and "up." Our team isn't very good, and I'm worried that the competition at this level will eat us up. eat someone up 1. . Lit. to consume the flesh of someone. The big bad wolf said he was going to eat you up! The bear ate up the fish. 2. Fig. [for an idea] to consume a person. The whole idea of visiting Australia was just eating her up. The obsession to own a car was eating up my brother and his friends. 3. Fig. [for insects] to bite a person all over. These mosquitoes are just eating me up! The bugs literally ate up all the hikers. 4. Fig. [for someone] to overwhelm and devastate someone. The guy is a devil! He just eats up people! Fred will just eat you up. He is a vicious administrator. eat something up 1. . and eat an animal up Lit. to devour all of some food or an animal. They ate the turkey up, and no one had to eat leftovers. The lion ate up the zebra very quickly. 2. Fig. to consume something rapidly, such as money. Running this household eats my income up. The car really eats up gas. 3. Fig. to believe something. Those people really eat that stuff up about tax reduction. They'll eat up almost anything you tell them. 4. Fig. to appreciate something. The audience liked my singing; they really ate it up. The stuff about the federal budget went over well. They really ate up the whole story. Eat up! to eat everything; to eat eagerly. (Usually a command to begin eating. Compare this with Drink up!.) Come on, let's eat up and get going. Eat up, you guys, and get back to work! eat up 1. Consume completely, as in No television until you eat up your dinner, or This quarter's expenses have eaten up all my spare cash. The literal use (first example) dates from the early 1500s, the figurative from the early 1600s. 2. Enjoy avidly, as in She simply eats up the publicity. [Late 1800s] 3. Believe unquestioningly, be gullible, as in He'll eat up whatever the broker tells him. [Slang; early 1900s] 4. Defeat completely, as in This new fighter just eats up every opponent. [Slang; c. 1830] 5. See eat out, def. 2. eat up v. 1. To devour something completely: The children ate up all the food in the house. If you leave cookies out, the dog will eat them up. 2. To consume a large amount of something: The repair bills for maintaining this old car really eat up my savings account. Driving so fast ate all our gas up very quickly. 3. Slang To obsess or bother someone: That snide remark you made is still eating me up. 4. Slang To receive or enjoy something enthusiastically or avidly: That television celebrity really eats up the publicity. The kids love those jokes—they eat them right up. 5. Slang To believe something without question: He'll eat up whatever his broker tells him. I said I was very rich and she ate it right up. eat something up 1. tv. to consume something rapidly, such as food or money. Running this household eats my income up. 2. tv. to believe something. Those people really eat that stuff up about tax reduction. 3. tv. to appreciate something. The stuff about the federal budget went over well. They really ate up the whole story. eat up in. to eat in enjoyment. (Usually a command.) Eat up! There’s plenty more where this came from.
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