动 （吃） eat；名 meal，food，feed，edible；

[例句] 早晨开始禁食前，记下你的体重。 On the morning before starting the fast, write down your starting weight.

[例句] 干邑白兰地也用于浸渍食材，给砂锅炖菜提味。 Cognac is also used to macerate and flavour ingredients and casseroles.

oesophagus，gullet，esophagus，oesophago-，weasand ；

[例句] 食管本体的蠕动受迷走神经支配. Peristalsis in the body of the esophagus is under vagal control.

[例句] 将所进食物全部反出而不伴任何恶心,即说明有食管梗阻. Total regurgitation of swallowed material without any nausea whatsoever suggests esophageal obstruction.

foodstuff，food，provisions，viands，deli. ；

[例句] 加西亚总统已经下令空运食品、药物和毛毯。 President Garcia has ordered an airlift of food, medicines and blankets.

[例句] 有机食品是未使用人工化学制剂和杀虫剂的纯净食品。 Organic food is unadulterated food produced without artificial chemicals or pesticides.

food，eatables，edibles，aliment，bread ；

[例句] 浅海床提供了丰富的食物。 The shallow sea bed yields up an abundance of food.

[例句] 接触食物前尤其对洗手不能有半点马虎。 Be particularly fastidious about washing your hands before touching food.

food and drink，diet，bite and sup ；

[例句] 在减肥过程中保持饮食的营养相对均衡是明智的。 It makes sense to eat a reasonably balanced diet when slimming.

[例句] 无麸质饮食对一些关节炎患者有疗效。 Some cases of arthritis respond to a gluten-free diet.

edible，be used for food ；

[例句] 真空包装的火腿片应在食用前30分钟把包装除去。 Vacuum-packed ham slices should be unwrapped 30 minutes before serving.

[例句] 玻璃瓶中盛满了被食用色素染过色的水。 Glass bottles are filled with water tinted with food colourings.

appetite，belly，orexia，orexis，relish ；

[例句] 莉莉显然已经恢复了食欲，但多兰却提不起胃口。 Lili had clearly regained her appetite but Doran was disinterested in food.

[例句] 与通常的看法相反，适度的运动事实上会降低食欲。 Contrary to popular belief, moderate exercise actually decreases your appetite.

esophagus，maw，swallow，gullet ；

[例句] 马的食道狭窄，常常引起食道阻塞。 Horse 's narrow esophagus results in repeated choke.

[例句] 食道的后端是嗉囊. At the posterior end of the oesophagus is the crop.

catch and feed on，prey on，[生] predation，prey upon ；

[例句] 鸟和地面上捕食它们的动物 birds and their earthbound predators

[例句] 狐狸 、 野猫及其他一些动物都捕食野兔. Foxes, wild cats and other animals pursue the hare.

mess，food，meals，fare ；

[例句] 苏联普通士兵的伙食很糟糕。 Food for the ordinary Soviet troops and NCOs was very poor.

[例句] “但是伙食不错，”他补充道。“没错，”潘蒂埃里表示同意。 "But it's good grub," he added. "You're right," Pantieri assented.

lycorexia，adephagia，belly-worship，gluttony，gobble ；

[例句] 我既有厌食症又有贪食症。 I was anorexic and bulimic.

[例句] 他们的贪食是传奇性的,甚至强壮的战士也会因为提起他们而无法抑制的颤抖. Their voracity is legendary and even the most hardened warriors cannot repress a shiver if one speaks about them.

meals，diet，food，meal ；

[例句] 您可以将自理膳食旅店升级为酒店。 You can upgrade from self-catering accommodation to a hotel.

[例句] 一些预制膳食很有营养，而且烹调起来很简单。 Some ready made meals are nutritious and very easy to prepare.

go back on one's word，break one's promise，break one's word，renege，renegue ；

[例句] 他又食言了。 He had again failed to keep his word.

[例句] 她从没食言过. She never draws back from what she promises.

carnivorism ；

[例句] 昆虫会使我们无法在这个世界上生存: 如果不是由于食虫动物的 保 Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; they would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds , if it were not for the protection we get from insect - eating animals.

[例句] 我们引起食虫种的大多数群落已接近饱和. Most communities into which we introduce entomophagous species are near species saturation.

vegetarian diet，be a vegetarian ；

[例句] 菜单每周都有变化，通常包含可供严格的素食者选择的菜肴。 The menu changes weekly and usually includes a vegan option.

[例句] 素食汉堡是一种迅速传到了英国的新开发食品。 The vegetarian burger was an innovation which was rapidly exported to Britain.

be moderate in eating ；

[例句] 我不用疯狂地节食也能减轻几磅。 I can lose a few pounds without resorting to daft diets.

[例句] 有些人拼命节食也不能减肥。 Some people can diet like crazy and not lose weight.

（以肉类为食物） carnivorous；

[例句] 这是一道肉食主义者爱吃的素菜。 This is a vegetarian dish that carnivores love.

[例句] 素食者认为吃肉食是造恶业。 Vegetarians believe that eating meat is bad karma.

（比喻逐渐侵占） nibble (up)，encroach on [upon] ；

[例句] 几家制造商也在蚕食福特公司的传统客户群。 Several manufacturers are also nibbling away at Ford's traditional customer base.

[例句] 通货膨胀开始蚕食他们的存款. Inflation began to nibble away at their savings.

a person sponging on an aristocrat，a hanger on of an aristocrat，dependant，easy rider，parasite；

[例句] 食客们不想吃到肚子胀鼓鼓的才离开饭桌。 Diners do not want to leave the table feeling bloated.

[例句] 城里的其他街区为食客们提供了中国菜、葡式菜、希腊菜等多种选择。 Other neighbourhoods in the city offer foodies a choice of Chinese, Portuguese or Greek food.

dining room，mess hall，canteen，eatery，mess ；

[例句] 人们懒散地躺在食堂里搭起的临时床铺上。 People are sprawled on makeshift beds in the cafeteria.

[例句] 工作完了,他们在工人食堂饱餐了一顿. After work they made a hearty meal in the worker's canteen.