Tìm kiếm
to eat
01
ăn, tiêu thụ
to put food into the mouth, then chew and swallow it
Transitive: to eat food
Example
They enjoy eating pizza on Friday nights.
He was too busy to eat lunch due to back-to-back meetings.
We ate sushi for the first time and loved it.
1.1
ăn, tiêu thụ
to consume food as a meal
Intransitive
Example
We usually eat at our favorite restaurant on Sundays.
We never eat at that diner because the food is not to our liking.
They ate at a sushi restaurant and tried various rolls.
02
ăn mòn, làm phiền
to cause worry or annoyance for someone
Transitive: to eat sb
Example
Waiting for news of the surgery is eating me with anxiety.
The long commute eats my mom with stress every day.
What 's eating you today?
03
ăn mòn, ăn
to gradually destroy, damage, or weaken something through exposure to or contact with a corrosive substance like water, air, or an acid
Transitive: to eat sth
Example
The acid rain has eaten holes in the marble statues outside.
The statue 's stone surface was slowly eaten by acid rain, resulting in visible erosion.
The constant exposure to moisture caused the wooden deck to gradually be eaten by rot.
04
tiêu hao, ăn
to use or utilize a lot of resources or materials
Transitive: to eat resources or materials
Example
The heavy machinery eats through coal to generate power.
This new software eats a lot of memory on my computer.
Running the furnace in winter eats natural gas quickly.
05
gánh chịu, chịu đựng
to bear a financial loss without seeking compensation or reimbursement
Transitive: to eat a financial loss
Example
The business ate the cost of the damaged goods.
The homeowner had to eat the roof repair expense.
If necessary, we could probably eat the cost of the equipment repairs.
06
ăn, nuốt
to orally pleasure a person's genitals
Transitive: to eat sb
Example
He loves it when she eats him.
They engaged in mutual pleasure as they ate each other.
She asked him to eat her as a form of foreplay.
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