much of sth省着点；少用些；别浪费：Go easy on the sugar.糖要省.着点用。not come /easy (to sb) to be difficult for sb
to do (对某人来说）并非易事：Talking about my
problems doesn't come easy to me. ^
己的问题，对我来说并不容易。，stand 'easy used as a command to soldiers who are
already standing at ease to tell them that they
can stand in an even more relaxed way 原地休息，take it ’easy (/n/omjfl/) used to tell sb not to be
worried or angry 另j急；沉住气;从容
点：Tafce ft easy/ Don’t panic.沉4气!不要惊慌。，take it/things easy to relax and avoid working too hard or
doing too much放松；休息；别过分劳累：rhe doctor toW me to tafce ft. easy /or a /ew Weefo.医生叫我休息 几周。
'easy-care flafy. (of
clothes or cloth 衣服或布料）not needing to be ironed
after washing 免喪烫的
,easy 'chair /?ow/7 a large
comfortable chair 安乐梅：to sft in an easy chair坐在安乐椅上
.easy-'going
adj. relaxed and happy to accept things without
worrying or getting angry 悠闲的；随和的；■不
慌不忙p
.easy
'listening noun [U] music that is pleasant and relaxing
but that some people think is not very inter- esting (不用费神欣赏的）悦耳乐曲
easy-peasy /,i:zi 'piizi/ adj. (BrE, informal) (used espe- cially by
children 为儿语)very easy 简卓得很；容易
极了
eat /i:t/ verb (ate /et; especially
NAmE eit/, eaten /，i:tn/)
1
to put food in your mouth, chew it and swallow it 吃：[V] J was too nervous to
eat.我紧张得饭都吃不下。◊ She doesr^t eat sensibly (= doesn^ eat food that
is good for her).她饮食不合逢。◊ [VN] J don’t eat meat.我不吃 肉。◊ WouZd you Zifce something to eat?.你想吃.点:么
n%?
o I couldn't eat another thing (=? I have had enough
food).我再也吃不下了。2 [V] to liave a meal吃饭；用 餐：Where shaH ive eat tonight?我们今晚在哪儿吃饭？
◊聊 ate
at 隹滅萬一彖把歲店
用餐。IT»17!1 ,eat sb a'live {informal) 1 to
criticize or punish sb severely because you are extremely angry with them (对某人极为气愤而）尖锐批评，严厉惩罚，
横加指责 2 to defeat sb completely
in an argument, a competition, etc.(辩论、比參等中）:大败某A,完全战
胜某人：The defence lawyers
are going to eat you alive tomorrow•辩护_师明天一定会彻底打败你们。3 [usually passive] (of insects, etc•昆虫等）to bite sb many times (多次）叮，蜇：I was being eaten aiive by mosquitoes. 蚊子要把我活活吃了。，eat, drink and be 'merry {saying) said to encourage sb to
enjoy life now, while they can, and not to tihink of the future 行乐要及时 eat your 'heart
out! (informaf) used to compare two things and say that
one of them is better (比较两事物）,比… 还好：Look at him dance! Eat
your heart out, Fred Astaire (= he dances even better than Fred
Astaire). # 看他跳的舞！比弗雷德•阿斯泰尔跳得述好。eat your heart out (foi* sb/sth) (especially Br^) td1 feel
very unhappy, especially because you want sb/sth you cannot have (因对某人或某事_所存希望不会实现而） 极度不快 eat humb丨e ’pie (阶£) (A/Awf eat’crow) to say and show that you
are sorry for' a mistake that you made 认错；道歉；赔罪 From a pun on the old
word umbles, meaning ‘offal’，which was considered to be food
for poor people•源自古词umbles的双关谐音，
意为“内脏”，被认为是穷人的食物。eat like a'horse (/•n/omw/) to eat a lot 吃得很多：She may be ttoi, but she
eats Zifce a horse.她或许是瘦了点，但吃得却很多。
eat out of your/sb^ 'hand to trust sb and be willing to do what they
say甘愿听命于某人；顺从某人：S/ze沿 have them eating out
of her hand in no time.
让他们俯首帖耳酌。eat sb out of .house and _home (informal, often humorous) to
eat a lot of sb else's food 把某人吃穷 eat your ’words to admit that what'you said was wrong收回前言；承认说错I could eat a 'horse (informal) used to say that you are
very hungry 我饿极十丨’丨丨 eat my ■ hat (/々ormfl/) used to say that you think sth is very
unlikely to happen (认为不可能发
生）我才不信，那才怪，4不可能："she’s here on time, 卯eat my hat/她要是准时到这儿那才怪咧！ what、 eating him, etc.? (informal) used to ask what sb is
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ebb
•annoyed
or worried about 他为何苦恼或担忧 —-more at cake n., dog n. ,eat sth^a'way to
reduce or destroy sth
gradually 侵蚀；腐蚀；逐渐命环
PlTTl
erode ： The coastline is being
eaten away year by year.海岸线年复一年地被侵蚀着。，eat a^ay at sth/sb 1 to reduce or destroy
sth gradually 侵蚀；會蚀;.逐渐
破环：Woodworm had eaten
away at the door frame. ^ 蛀虫将门框一点点蛀环了。.◊扭s constant criticism ate
away at her se〖/-cor^de/ice.他不断的批评使她逐渐丧失
了自:信心〇 2 to
worry sb over a period of time (—段
■间内〉無某人苦恼，使某人担心‘eat into sth 1 to use up a part of sth, especially sb’s
money or time 消耗，花
掉，费（充指金钱或时间）：Those repair bills
have reaHy
eaten into my savings.那些修理账单已经耗掉我相
_ 当一部分积蓄。2 to destroy or damage the surface of sth 腐6，损;(物体表面）：Rust had eaten into the metaZ.这金属S经1^杯。eat._out to have a meal in a
restaurant, +etc. rather than at home 上馆子吃饭；在夕卜
用餐：Do you/ed Zffce earing out tonight? #今也想下清 …丰n4? ,eat ’up | ,eat
sth^'up to
eat all of sth 吃完；
&光：£at up/ We’ve got
to go out soon•都吃光！我^门得
马上.出去。◊ Come on. £at up your potatoes.快点九。 把土豆都nk掉。，eat sb 'up [usually passive] to fill sb with a
particular emotion sb that they cannot think of anything else (情感）使沉迷，使焦虑，使纠缠：She was eaten up by
regrets•她后悔不■已.。，eat sth㈠■ up to use sth in large
quantities (夫量地）耗费，花费，损
耗：Legal costs had eaten
up all the savings she had. ilf 讼费耗掉了她所有的积蓄。
eat.able /_i:tabl/
邮 good
enough to be eaten 可吃的；
可食用■的一see also edible
eater /'i:ta(r)/
noun (usually after an adjective or a noun 通常角于®容词或名词后）a person or an animal that eats a particular thing or
in a particular way (以某种
方式）吃…的人，吃…的动物：Wle’re ziot great meat eaters.我们肉吃得不多。◊ He’s a big eater
(= 'he eats a lot).他饭量很大。
eat-ery /'iitari/
{pi. -ies) noun (informal,
especially NAmE] a restaurant or other place that serves 纟ood 餐馆；饮食运
’eat-in at/), [only before poun] (of a .kitchen 厨房）big enough for eating in
as well as cooking in 可供用餐的
eat-ing /'iitiq/ noun [U] the act of eating
sth (fe；饮食： heaZthy earing 有益的饮食 IfgWl
see
proof /?. 'eating apple noun (6r£) any type of apple that can be eaten raw 可生吃的苹果一compare cooking apple 'eating disorder noun an emotional disorder that causes eating habits that are not normal, for
example ANOREXIA饮食功能失调症
eats /i:ts/
noun [pi.] {informal) food, especially at a party
(尤指聚会上的）小吃
eau de cologne /,au da ka'laun; NAmE ,ou da ka'loun/
noun [U] =
eau de toilette /,au da twaz'let; NAmE ,ov/ noun [C, u] perfume that contains a lot of water
and does not smell very strong 淡香水
eaves /iivz/ noun [pi ] the lower edges of a roof that stick
out over the walls 屋檐：birds nesting under the eaves在屋檐下筑巢的鸟一picture o page R24 eaves-drop /'iivzdrDp; NAmE-dra:p/ verb (-pp^)
[v]
~ (on sb/sth) to listen secretly to what other people are saying偷听，窃听（其他人谈话）：We caught him
eavesdropping outside the window.我们撞见他正在窗外
偷听。► eaves.drop.per /lot/n eaves.trough /'iivztrDf; NAmE -troif/ noun {CanE) =gutter ⑴』
eBay™ /'iibei/
noun [U] a website on the Internet where people
can auction goods (== sell them to the person
who offers the most money for them)易趣（网站} '(经 营拍卖）：He buys rare basebaH cards on eBay.他从易 趣网上购买珍稀的棒球卡。► eBay verb [VN] ebb /eb/ noun, verb
• noun the ebb [usually sing.] the period of time when
the sea flows away from the land '意潮；.追潮：the ebb tide 退潮 ITS!?! the ,ebb and flow (of
sth/sb) the
repeated, often regular, movement from one state to another; the repeated
change in level, numbers or amount 涨落;，盛