much
of sth A#]#; #i]?tf7 Go
easy on the
sugar. It H it It
ffl <, not come 'easy (to sb) to be difficult for sb
to do ( Talking
about my problems doesn’t come easy to me. Hi# A7 S XtFcAiftAT^JIo
,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
#ifefFH .take it 'easy (informal) used to tell sb not to
be worried or angry #ij &; A; AAW
#7 Take it easy! Don’t
panic. iffiikH'. .take
it/things easy to relax and avoid
working too hard or doing too much AAM;
$]il7 ^%.: The doctor
told me to take it easy for a few weeks. IS A d Fc (A S
ruio
easy-care adj. (of clothes or cloth not
needing
to be ironed after washing .easy 'chair noun a large comfortable
chair (£7#: to sit in an easy chair AAEAFs+tA .easy-’going adj. relaxed and happy to
accept things without worrying or getting angry ;
E&FuFd 7
.easy 'listening noun [U] music that is
pleasant and relaxing but that some people think is not very interesting (
easy-peasy /,i:zi 'pi:zi/ adj. (BrE, informal) (used especially by
children X A J L i#) very easy M # il;
# ^
m
eat
Our /i:t/
verb (ate
/et;
especially NAmE eit/, eaten /'i:tn/)
1
to put food in your mouth, chew it and swallow it n£: [V] I was too nervous to
eat.
FcM^Afi&fl^^Ta 0 She doesn’t eat sensibly (= doesn’t eat food that
is good for her). MtAH'7'o S0 0 [VN] I don’t eat meat. Fc7&£ [/] 0 o Would you like
something to eat? #; W. f*A A ft A ffij? o I couldn’t eat
another thing (=? I have had enough food). Fc#t#B£7T7c 2 [V] to have a meal H
#:
Where
shall we eat tonight? Fcd 4* 'ft J L
0 We ate at a pizzeria
in town.
Fed 7 MM.— it tfcpFAF H o ITSTTil ,eat sb a'live (informal) 1 to criticize or punish sb severely
because you are extremely angry with them ( )
AM#, rifiM®,
It
An fa M 2 to defeat sb completely in an argument, a competition, etc. (
HHfe, AAESA,
ffe7A:
The
defence lawyers are going to eat you alive tomorrow. A—&£?'$} 3 [usually
passive]
(of insects, etc. iL A ^p) to bite sb many times ( ) FT, S: Iwas being
eaten alive by mosquitoes.
,eat, drink and be 'merry (saying) said
to encourage sb to enjoy life now, while they can, and not to think of the
future fy 3s HAW eat your 'heart out! (informal) used to compare two
things and say that one of them is better ( )
tt-
2E
: Look
at him dance! Eat your heart out, Fred Astaire (= he dances even
better than Fred Astaire). If
mmmn\ •
wmmxmn&oj eat your
heart out (for sb/sth) (especially BrE) to feel very unhappy,
especially because you want sb/sth you cannot have ( )
eat humble ’pie (BrE) (NAmE eat 'crow) to say and show that you are sorry for a
mistake that you made iAIt; 11 fA; PHH From
a pun on the old
word
umbles, meaning ‘offal’, which was considered to be food for poor people. iH g
she eats like a horse. J& i# M. 'M 7 A,
(M p£
% £P % ^ 0
eat out of your/sb’s 'hand to trust sb and be
willing to do what they say "ff®n/ri:p77A; IIIA: She’ll have
them eating out of her hand in no time. jUdlUAS^ eat sb out of .house and 'home (informal, often humorous)
to eat a lot of sb else’s food Aife^ eat your 'words to admit that what you
said was wrong i|A [U stj W; ^iAi#Jt I could eat a
'horse (informal)
used to say that you are very hungry Foi$®7 I’ll eat my 'hat
(informal)
used to say that you think sth is very unlikely to happen ( iA A 7 M fiis A £ ) Fc77ffi, FPTAls, £&7#ftb: If she’s here on time,
I’ll eat my hat! M H ® Ft B't 3\ J L ffl X 111! what’s eating him, etc.? (informal) used
to ask what sb is
annoyed
or worried about life Al #1 FHi ( jfi 1A ) — more at cake n., dog n. rJll;¥l ,eat sth^a'way to reduce or destroy sth
gradually
PCT71 erode : The coastline is being
eaten away year by year. 'M,eat a'way at sth/sb 1 to reduce or destroy
sth gradually ti; Fti#; M'M ®£±T': Woodworm had eaten
away at the door frame. A A # H H — fi $£ fF 7 o 0 His constant
criticism ate away at her self-confidence. A
7 S
fa 7'o 2 to worry sb over a period of time ( —g itlHlrt ) ^SAS7' 'eat into sth 1 to use
up
a part of sth, especially sb’s money or time It |b] ) : Those repair bills have really eaten into
my savings.
2 to destroy or damage the surface of sth ) : Rust had eaten into
the
metal. ,eat 'out to have a meal in a
restaurant,
etc. rather than at home ±tt7fe1&; /E/h IF ^: Do you feel like
eating out tonight? jfo 4“ T tt 7^? ,eat 'up | ,eat sth«-'up to eat all of sth $L%\ Vfcjlt: Eat up! We’ve
got to go out soon. !
ffcf’tf#
SjAlBAo 0 Come on. Eat up your potatoes. A^JLo ,eat sb 'up [usually passive] to fill sb with a particular emotion so
that they cannot think of anything else ( 1M ) l:
She
was eaten up by regrets. M]§1$AEo ,eat sth«-*'up to use sth in large
quantities (Aii&)^^, /£^,
%:
Legal
costs had eaten up all the savings she had. i#
eat
able /'iitabl/
adj. good enough to be eaten FTife^j; — see also edible
eater /'i:ta(r)/ noun (usually after an adjective
or a noun a person or an animal that eats a particular thing or in a particular
way (IAS# ••• A, Bt/--I$zrt: We’re not great meat eaters. Fed 0 He’s a big eater (= he eats a
lot).
(MMAo
eat-ery /‘iitari/ (pi. -ies) noun (informal, especially
NAmE) a
restaurant or other place that serves food Htf; tAHtiil 'eat-in adj. [only before
noun] (of
a kitchen HF j^) big
enough for eating in as well as cooking in eat-ing /'iitirj/ noun [u] the act of eating sth u£; iA#: healthy eating IT»TW1 see proof n.
'eating apple noun (BrE) any type of apple that can be eaten raw — compare cooking apple
'eating disorder noun an emotional disorder that causes eating habits that are not normal, for
example
ANOREXIA
eats /i:ts/ noun [pi.]
(informal) food, especially at a party
(m ) /j'jfe
eau de cologne /,eu da ka'laun; NAmE ,ou da ka'loun/
noun [U] = COLOGNE
eau de toilette /.au da twai'let; NAmE ,ou/ noun [c,
u] perfume that contains a lot of water and does not
smell very strong jAlbX
eaves /i:vz/ noun [pi ] the lower edges of a roof that stick
out over the walls M #8: birds nesting under the eaves fE—
picture o page R24 eaves drop /'iivzdrnp; NAmE -draip/
verb (-pp-) [V] ~ (on sb/sth) to listen secretly to what other people are saying irn/f, ^njf ( 3MtfaAtAi£ ) : We caught him
eavesdropping outside the window. Fed® ALffelE^Ell) # firtyfo ► eaves-drop-per noun eaves-trough /'iivztrnf; NAmE -tro:f/
noun (CanE)
= GUTTER(l)
eBay™ /'i:bei/ noun [u] a website on the
Internet where people can auction
goods (- sell them to the person who offers the most money for them) HII ( ) ( ^
)
: He
buys rare baseball cards on eBay. ftfeAAJI ► eBay verb [VN]
ebb
/eb/
noun, verb
m noun the ebb [usually sing.] the period of time when the sea flows away
from the land MM; iliH: the ebb tide ill if] fTSTTTM 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