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(吃东西) eat; take; make
									
										make a hasty lunch
										匆匆吃顿午饭
									
									
									
										drink wine
										吃酒
									
									
									
										eat an apple
										吃苹果
									
									
									
										have some sweets
										吃糖
									
									
									
										go to wedding feast; attend the wedding banquet
										吃喜酒
									
									
									
										take medicine
										吃药
									
									(在某一出售食物的地方吃) have one's meals; eat
									
										have one's meals in the mess
										吃食堂
									
									(依靠某种事物来生活) live on [off]
									
										live on interest
										吃利钱
									
									
									
										Mountaineers rely on the mountains, just like those by the waterside profit from water.; If you live on a mountain, you live off the mountain; if you live by the water, you live off the water.
										靠山吃山,靠水吃水。
									
									(多用于军事、棋戏: 消灭) annihilate;wipe out
									
										annihilate an enemy regiment
										吃掉敌人一个团
									
									
									
										take a piece (in chess)
										吃一个子儿
									
									(耗费) exhaust; be a strain
									
										feel the strain (of work, etc.); find a job difficult
										感到吃力
									
									(吸收液体) absorb; soak up
									
										This plot does not take in water.
										这块地不吃水。
									
									
									
										This kind of paper does not absorb ink.
										这种纸不吃墨。
									
									(受; 挨) suffer; incur
									
										be criticized
										吃批评
									
									
									
										suffer one defeat after another
										连吃败仗
									
									
									
										get shot in the leg
										腿上吃了一枪
									
									
									
										He gave (me) a blow.
										吃了他一拳。
									
									[介]
(多见于早期白话: 被) by
									
										was swindled by that fellow
										吃那厮骗了