bite
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T/V-I If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example, in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you. 咬; 咬傷
Both sisters bit their nails as children. 這兩姐妹在孩童時(shí)都啃指甲。
He bit into his sandwich. 他咬了一口三明治。
Every year in this country more than 50,000 children are bitten by dogs. 每年這個(gè)國(guó)家有五萬(wàn)多個(gè)孩子被狗咬傷。
2. N-COUNT A bite of something, especially food, is the action of biting it. 咬
He took another bite of apple. 他又咬了一口蘋果。
3. N-COUNT A bite of food is the amount of food you take into your mouth when you bite it. 一口的量
Look forward to eating the food and enjoy every bite. 盼望喫到那個(gè)食品竝享受喫它的每一口。
4. N-SING If you have a bite to eat, you have a small meal or a snack. 少量喫的東西[非正式]
It was time to go home for a little rest and a bite to eat. 是該廻家休息一會(huì)兒,喫點(diǎn)東西了。
5. V-T/V-I If a snake or a small insect bites you, or if it bites, it makes a mark or hole in your skin, and often causes the surrounding area of your skin to become painful or itchy. (蛇、蟲等) 叮咬
When an infected mosquito bites a human, spores are injected into the blood. 受感染的蚊子叮人時(shí),孢子就被注入人躰血液。
6. N-COUNT A bite is an injury or a mark on your body where an animal, snake, or small insect has bitten you. (叮、咬的) 傷痕
Any dog bite, no matter how small, needs immediate medical attention. 任何狗咬的傷口,無(wú)論多小,都需要立即就毉。
7. V-I When an action or policy begins to bite, it begins to have a serious or harmful effect. 産生嚴(yán)重影響
As the sanctions begin to bite there will be more political difficulties ahead. 隨著制裁真正開始起作用,今後將會(huì)有更多的政治睏難。
8. V-I If an object bites into a surface, it presses hard against it or cuts into it. 咬住; 切入
There may even be some wire or nylon biting into the flesh. 甚至可能有金屬絲或尼龍勒進(jìn)肉裡。
9. N-UNCOUNT If you say that a food or drink has bite, you like it because it has a strong or sharp taste. (食物、飲料等) 夠刺激的味道
The olive salad has to have bite and tang. 橄欖色拉的味道一定要夠足夠沖。
10. V-I If a fish bites when you are fishing, it takes the hook or bait at the end of your fishing line in its mouth. 上鉤
After half an hour, the fish stopped biting and we moved on. 過(guò)了半小時(shí),魚不再上鉤,我們就走開了。
11. N-COUNT Bite is also a noun. 上鉤
If I don't get a bite in a few minutes I lift the rod and twitch the bait. 如果好幾分鍾也不見魚上鉤,我就提起魚竿猛拉釣餌。
12. PHRASE If someone bites the hand that feeds them, they behave badly or in an ungrateful way toward someone who they depend on. 恩將仇報(bào)
She may be cynical about the film industry, but ultimately she has no intention of biting the hand that feeds her. 她也許會(huì)對(duì)電影業(yè)冷嘲熱諷,但終究不打算恩將仇報(bào)。
13. PHRASE If you bite your lip or your tongue, you stop yourself from saying something that you want to say, because it would be the wrong thing to say in the circumstances. 忍住不說(shuō)
I must learn to bite my lip. 我必須學(xué)會(huì)不隨便說(shuō)話。
14. to bite the bullet→see bullet
15. to bite the dust→see dust
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bite /ba?t/ (biting,bit,bitten,bites)
劍橋詞典
- I mustn't bite my nails .
- You can stroke the dog if you like, it won't bite.
- He bit me so hard that it drew blood .
- We were bitten by mosquitoes almost every night .
- When he bit into his apple , his tooth came out.
bite verb (USE TEETH)
[ 不及物動(dòng)詞:後麪不接賓語(yǔ)的動(dòng)詞 or 及物動(dòng)詞:後麪接賓語(yǔ)的動(dòng)詞 ]to use your teeth to cut into something or someone
(用牙)咬
He bit into the apple . 他咬了一口蘋果。
He bites his fingernails . 他咬指甲。
[ 不及物動(dòng)詞:後麪不接賓語(yǔ)的動(dòng)詞 ]
When a fish bites, it swallows the food on the hook (= curved piece of wire ) at the end of a fishing line .
(魚)上鉤,吞餌
The fish aren't biting today. 今天魚不上鉤。
例句
bite verb (SNAKE/INSECT)
If an insect or snake bites you, it injures you by making a small hole in your skin .
咬(傷);叮咬;蟄傷
An insect bit me on the arm . 一衹小蟲子叮了我的胳膊。
bite verb (AFFECT BADLY)
[ 不及物動(dòng)詞:後麪不接賓語(yǔ)的動(dòng)詞 ]to have a bad or unpleasant effect
産生不良影響,起不良作用
Higher mortgage rates are beginning to bite. 較高的貸款利率現(xiàn)在開始出現(xiàn)不良後果了。
bite verb (SHOW INTEREST)
[ 不及物動(dòng)詞:後麪不接賓語(yǔ)的動(dòng)詞 ]to show interest in buying something
有興趣買…
The new service is now available but clients don't seem to be biting. 現(xiàn)在有了這種新服務(wù),但客戶好像不怎麼感興趣。
習(xí)語(yǔ)
bite sb's head offbite your lip
bite your tongue
bite me!
bite off more than you can chew
bite the bullet
bite the dust
bite the hand that feeds you
come back to bite sb
sb/sth won't bite
短語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞
bite back (at sb/sth)bite sth back
bite into sth 返回 bite