bite

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bite的基本意思是“用牙齿或牙齿类物攻击”,一般译为“咬”,指用牙(尤指门牙)短暂性地、猛烈地咬入某物,将其咬住、咬透或咬掉,也可指“咬伤”。引申指“某种非凡的力量牢牢抓住、刺透、刺入某物”。用于比喻可指“上钩,上当”。
bite的主语可以是人或动物,如狗、蚊虫等,也可以是物,如车、辣椒等,其宾语可以是人,也可以是物。
bite可用于被动结构,当宾语是人时,被咬的部位(如“脸”),常用介词in或on引出。
bite的过去式为bit,过去分词为bitten或bit,但现代英语中bit这种过去分词不常用,特别是在美式英语中。

(USE TEETH) to use your teeth to cut into something or someone
(SNAKE/INSECT) If an insect or snake bites you, it injures you by making a small hole in your skin.
(AFFECT BADLY) to have a bad or unpleasant effect
(SHOW INTEREST) to show interest in buying something
(USING TEETH) the act of biting something
(INJURY) a sore place or injury where a person, an animal, or an insect has bitten you
(FISH) the act of a fish biting the hook (= curved piece of wire) on the end of a fishing line so that it is caught
(FOOD) to eat a small amount of food or a small meal
(STRONG TASTE) If food has bite, it has a sharp or strong taste.
(STRONG EFFECT) a powerful effect

If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example, in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you.
A bite of something, especially food, is the action of biting it.
A bite of food is the amount of food you take into your mouth when you bite it.
If you have a bite to eat, you have a small meal or a snack.
If a snake or a small insect bites you, or if it bites, it makes a mark or hole in your skin, and often causes the surrounding area of your skin to become painful or itchy.
A bite is an injury or a mark on your body where an animal, snake, or small insect has bitten you.
When an action or policy begins to bite, it begins to have a serious or harmful effect.
If an object bites into a surface, it presses hard against it or cuts into it.
If you say that a food or drink has bite, you like it because it has a strong or sharp taste.
If a fish bites when you are fishing, it takes the hook or bait at the end of your fishing line in its mouth.
Bite is also a noun.
If someone bites the hand that feeds them, they behave badly or in an ungrateful way toward someone who they depend on.
If you bite your lip or your tongue, you stop yourself from saying something that you want to say, because it would be the wrong thing to say in the circumstances.
to bite the bullet&rarrsee bullet
to bite the dust&rarrsee dust