英语中关于吃的动词和短语

To ingest To take food into the body.
(Rarely used in conversation.)
To lick
To pass the tongue over food in order to She licked the ice cream.
taste or consume it.
To eat or swallow food too quickly and in The little boy gobbled his
To gobble
large amounts.
sandwich.
To guzzle To eat food greedily.
He guzzled his lunch.
associated with eating disorders.)
To bite
To tear, cut or grip food with the teeth. He bit into the apple.
To breakfast To eat breakfast.
(Rarely used in conversation.)
To nibble To take small repeated bites of food.
The rabbit nibbled on the carrot.
To snack
To eat a light meal, or eat between main She snacked on biscuits and
To eat everything on your plate.
He was very hungry and ate everything up.
plate up To arrange food on a plate.
He always makes a mess when he's plating up the food.
meals.
sweets all day.
The act of passing food from the mouth to
To swallow
She swallowed a fish bone.
the stomach.
To taste
To take a small amount of food in the mouth and test it.
He tasted the soup before he added more salt.
To wolf
To eat food quickly. (Often followed by down.)
He wolfed down his breakfast.
What happens to food after it is swallowed. (Not something you do consciously.)
(Rarely used in conversation.)
To dine
To eat dinner. Especially related to eating They dined at their friend's
The Phrasal Ve rb
The Meaning
An example ( Simple Past Tense)
eat out
They were both tired so they To go out to eat, usually to a restaurant.
ate out.
eat up
To chew
To work food between the jaws and teeth He chewed his food well.
(see also masticate)
To consume See to eat.
(Rarely used in conversation.)
To digest
To lunch To eat lunch.
(Rarely used in conversation.)
To munch
To chew food steadily, especially with a crunchy noise, such as when eating an apple.
He munched the apple.
tuck in
To eat with enthusiasm.
He enthusiastically tucked in to his dinner.
The Verb (infinitive
form)
The Meaning
An example ( Sibinge
To eat more than is good for you. (Often (Rarely used in conversation)
out.
house.
To eat
The complete action of putting food in the
mouth and then biting, chewing and
She ate her dinner.
swallowing it.
To feast
To eat a lot or to enjoy eating something. They feasted on caviar and (Often something out of the ordinary.) salmon.