eat

中文： 吃、食、𫗦、吃饭

1. To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it. · He's eating an apple.· Don't disturb me now. Can't you see that I'm eating?
2. To consume a meal. (intransitive) · What time do we eat this evening?
3. To have a particular quality of diet; to be well-fed or underfed. (intransitive) · I try to eat healthy these days.
4. To be ingested. (intransitive) · It's a soup that eats like a meal.
5. To be savored or enjoyed; to taste in a specified way. (intransitive) · It's an unattractive dish, but it eats pretty good.
6. To destroy, consume, or use up. (figuratively, transitive) · This project is eating up all the money.· That hobby eats his savings.
7. To consume (an exception, an event, etc.) so that other parts of the program do not receive it. (figuratively, informal, transitive)
8. To damage, destroy, or fail to eject a removable part or an inserted object. (figuratively, informal, transitive) · The VHS recorder just ate the tape and won't spit it out.· John is late for the meeting because the photocopier ate his report.

复数 eat · He/she/it eats · 过去式 ate · 过去分词 eaten · -ing形式 eating