bite
verb /baɪt/
/baɪt/
动词形式
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they bite | /baɪt/ /baɪt/ |
| he / she / it bites | /baɪts/ /baɪts/ |
| past simple bit | /bɪt/ /bɪt/ |
| past participle bitten | /ˈbɪtn/ /ˈbɪtn/ |
| -ing form biting | /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/ /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to use your teeth to cut into or through something
咬 - Does your dog bite?
你的狗咬人吗？ - Come here! I won't bite! (= you don't need to be afraid)
过来吧！我不会咬人的！ - bite into/through something She bit into a ripe juicy pear.
她咬了一口熟透多汁的梨。 - bite somebody/something She was bitten by the family dog.
她被家里的狗咬伤了。 - Stop biting your nails!
别咬指甲了！ - bite off something/sth off He bit off a large chunk of bread/He bit a large chunk of bread off.
他咬下了一大块面包。
- The dog had bitten right through its rope.
那狗把拴它的绳子咬断了。 - He bit at his lower lip.
他咬着下嘴唇。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- off
- at
- down on
- into
- …
- bite something in half
- bite something in two
- Does your dog bite?
- [intransitive, transitive] to wound somebody by making a small hole or mark in their skin
叮；蜇；咬 - Most European spiders don't bite.
大多数欧洲蜘蛛不咬人。 - bite somebody We were badly bitten by mosquitoes.
我们被蚊子叮得不行。
- Most European spiders don't bite.
- [intransitive] if a fish bites, it takes food from the end of a fishing line and may get caught
咬饵；上钩 Wordfinder- bait
- bite
- dragnet
- fishing
- fly
- hook
- line
- net
- rod
- trawl
- [intransitive] to have an unpleasant effect
产生不良影响 - The recession is beginning to bite.
经济衰退开始产生不良影响。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deep
- hard
- begin to
- start to
- The recession is beginning to bite.
use teeth用牙齿
of insect/snake昆虫；蛇
of fish鱼
have effect产生影响
词源Old English bītan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bijten and German beissen.
Idioms
be bitten by something
- to develop a strong interest in or enthusiasm for something
对某事物着迷；热衷于某事物 - He's been bitten by the travel bug.
他迷上了旅游。
- He's been bitten by the travel bug.
bite the bullet
- (informal) to start to deal with an unpleasant or difficult situation which cannot be avoided
硬着头皮对付不愉快的（或艰难的）情况；咬紧牙关应付 - I wasn’t happy with the way my career was going so I decided to bite the bullet and look for another job.
我对自己的职业生涯不满意，所以我决定硬着头皮去找另一份工作。
- I wasn’t happy with the way my career was going so I decided to bite the bullet and look for another job.
bite the dust (informal)
- to fail, or to be defeated or destroyed
失败；被打败；被摧毁 - Thousands of small businesses bite the dust every year.
每年有数以千计的小企业倒闭。
- Thousands of small businesses bite the dust every year.
- (humorous) to die
死
bite the hand that feeds you
- to harm somebody who has helped you or supported you
伤害恩人；恩将仇报
bite/snap somebody’s head off
- (informal) to shout at somebody in an angry way, especially without reason
气愤地对某人大喊大叫；（尤指毫无道理地）呵斥某人
bite your lip
- to stop yourself from saying something or from showing an emotion
忍住话；抑制情感的流露 - I bit my lip and forced myself to be calm.
我咬着嘴唇，强迫自己冷静下来。
- I bit my lip and forced myself to be calm.
bite off more than you can chew
- to try to do too much, or something that is too difficult
想一口吃成胖子；不自量力
bite your tongue
- to stop yourself from saying something that might upset somebody or cause an argument, although you want to speak
隐忍不言（避免祸从口出） - I didn't believe her explanation but I bit my tongue.
我不相信她的解释，但我忍着没有说出来。
- I didn't believe her explanation but I bit my tongue.
a/the hair of the dog (that bit you)
- (informal) alcohol that you drink in order to make you feel better when you have drunk too much alcohol the night before
用于解宿醉的酒
once bitten, twice shy
- (saying) after an unpleasant experience you are careful to avoid something similar
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳