動(dòng)詞 eat:

1. take in solid food
2. eat a meal; take a meal
3. take in food; used of animals only
   同義詞：feed
4. use up (resources or materials)
   同義詞：consume, eat up, use up, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
5. worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
   同義詞：eat on
6. cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
   同義詞：corrode, rust

1. The children would eat themselves sick on chocolate if I let them.
   我要是讓孩子由著性兒吃巧克力，他們會(huì)吃出病來。
2. Paying for that new carpet has eaten into my savings.
   付新地毯的款用去了我的一部分儲(chǔ)蓄。
3. Since he left, she's been sitting at home eating her heart out.
   他走了以後，她一直坐在家里，心如刀割。
4. The Chinese eat with chopsticks.
   中國人用筷子吃飯。

eat

v.（動(dòng)詞）
ate[3t] eat.en[ôt.n] eat.ing,eats
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）

To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption.
吃：用嘴將物體攝入體內(nèi)以消化或吸收
To include habitually or by preference in one`s diet:
愛吃，習(xí)慣吃：由于習(xí)慣或偏好而經(jīng)常吃：
例句：
a bird that eats insects, fruit, and seeds; stopped eating red meat on advice from her doctor.
習(xí)慣吃昆蟲、水果和種子的鳥；她聽醫(yī)生的勸告停止吃紅色肉類

To consume, ravage, or destroy by or as if by ingesting:
吞，蛀蝕：通過或象是通過消化來消耗、破壞：
例句：
.Covering news in the field eats money.(George F. Will)
.隱藏這一行業(yè)的消息會(huì)虧錢.(喬治F.威爾)

To erode or corrode:
侵蝕，吞噬：
例句：
waves that ate away the beach; an acid that eats the surface of a machine part.
海浪侵蝕海灘；腐蝕機(jī)器零件表層的酸

To produce by or as if by eating:
嚙食成…：嚙或象是侵蝕而成：
例句：
Moths ate holes in our sweaters.
蛾把我們的毛衣上咬出小洞

Slang To absorb the cost or expense of:
【俚語】 吸收，收回：承擔(dān)費(fèi)用與損耗：
例句：
.You can eat your loss and switch the remaining money to other investment portfolios.(Marlys Harris)
.你可以把損失吸收掉，然后用剩下的錢轉(zhuǎn)而做其他投資.(馬利斯·哈里斯)

Informal To bother or annoy:
【非正式用語】 煩惱或干擾：
例句：
What`s eating himô
什么事讓他煩惱ô

v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）

To consume food.
吃東西
To have or take a meal.
用餐
To exercise a consuming or eroding effect:
侵蝕，腐蝕：正在侵蝕或產(chǎn)生侵蝕性效果：
例句：
a drill that ate away at the rock; exorbitant expenses that were eating into profits.
錘子把巖石敲掉；過度的花費(fèi)會(huì)消耗利潤

To cause persistent annoyance or distress:
使困擾，使煩惱：引起持續(xù)的煩惱或不安：
例句：
.How long will it be before the frustration eats at youô.(Howard Kaplan)
.沮喪還會(huì)困擾你多久？.(霍華德·卡普蘭)

<常用詞組>eat up 【俚語】
To receive or enjoy enthusiastically or avidly:
貪婪地吸收，為…歡呼：極熱情地接受或貪婪地享用：
例句：
She really eats up the constant publicity.
她經(jīng)常被宣傳而樂不可支

<習(xí)慣用語>eat crow
To be forced to accept a humiliating defeat.
被迫承認(rèn)屈辱性的失敗
eat (one`s) heart out
To feel bitter anguish or grief.
痛苦：感到痛苦或沉痛
To be consumed by jealousy.
極度嫉妒：被嫉妒心苦苦折磨著
eat (one`s) words
To retract something that one has said.
食言：對自己說的話又反悔
eat out of (someone`s) hand
To be manipulated or dominated by another.
受制于人：被他人控制或主宰著
eat (someone) alive【俚語】
To overwhelm or defeat thoroughly:
推翻或徹底打?。?/br>例句：
an inexperienced manager who was eaten alive in a competitive corporate environment.
在各大公司的競爭中，一位毫無經(jīng)驗(yàn)的經(jīng)理被徹底打垮

來源：
Middle English eten
中古英語 eten
from Old English etan * see ed-
源自 古英語 etan *參見 ed-

【引伸】
eat.er
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>eat,consume,devour,ingestThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to take food into the body by the mouth.:
這些詞共有的一個(gè)中心意義是.用嘴將食物攝入體內(nèi).：
例句：
ate a hearty dinner;
吃一頓可口的飯；

例句：
greedily consumed the sandwich;
貪婪地吃掉三明治；

例句：
hyenas devouring their prey;
獵狗吞下他們的獵物；

例句：
whales ingesting krill.
鯨魚攝取磷蝦