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咬；咬伤

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.

1. Both sisters bit their nails as children...

   两姐妹都像小孩儿一样咬指甲。

2. He bit into his sandwich...

   他咬了一口他的三明治。

3. He had bitten the cigarette in two...

   他已经把香烟咬成了两半。

4. Every year in this country more than 50,000 children are bitten by dogs...

   每年这个国家有5万多儿童被狗咬伤。

5. Llamas won't bite or kick.

   美洲驼既不会咬人也不会踢人。

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（尤指对食物的）咬

A bite of something, especially food, is the action of biting it.

1. He took another bite of apple...

   他又咬了一口苹果。

2. You cannot eat a bun in one bite.

   你不能一口吃下一个面包。

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一点儿食物

If you have a bite to eat, you have a small meal or a snack.

1. It was time to go home for a little rest and a bite to eat.

   该回家休息一会儿，吃一点儿东西了。

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咬；叮

If a snake or a small insect bites you, it makes a mark or hole in your skin, and often causes the surrounding area of your skin to become painful or itchy.

1. When an infected mosquito bites a human, spores are injected into the blood...

   感染病毒的蚊子叮咬人之后，孢子便被注入血液中。

2. We were all badly bitten by mosquitoes.

   我们都被蚊子咬惨了。

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（被叮、咬后留下的）伤口，包

A bite is an injury or a mark on your body where an animal, snake, or small insect has bitten you.

1. Any dog bite, no matter how small, needs immediate medical attention.

   被狗咬后，不管伤口多小，都必须立即就医。

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产生严重（或不良）影响

When an action or policy begins to bite, it begins to have a serious or harmful effect.

1. As the sanctions begin to bite there will be more political difficulties ahead...

   随着制裁开始产生严重的负面影响，政治上将面临更多的困难。

2. The recession started biting deeply into British industry.

   经济萧条开始对英国的工业产生严重影响。

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碾轧；切割；陷入

If an object bites into a surface, it presses hard against it or cuts into it.

1. There may even be some wire or nylon biting into the flesh...

   甚至可能有一些金属丝或者尼龙线勒到肉里。

2. The car's tires bit loudly on the rutted snow in the street.

   汽车轮子碾入街道上布满车辙的雪里，发出很大的声响。

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（食物或酒的）浓郁味道，辛辣味

If you say that a food or drink has bite, you like it because it has a strong or sharp taste.

1. ...the addition of tartaric acid to give the wine some bite.

   为增加红酒的口感而加入酒石酸

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寒冷；刺骨

If the air or the wind has a bite, it feels very cold.

1. There was a bite in the air, a smell perhaps of snow.

   空气非常寒冷，似乎有雪的味道。

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（表演、文章等的）犀利，感染力

If something such as a performance or a piece of writing has bite, it is exciting or effective.

1. The teams have that extra bite when they are playing against their neighbours...

   这几支队伍与其邻近地区队伍交手时锐气更盛。

2. The novel seems to lack bite and tension—even passion.

   这部小说乏善可陈，没有紧张的情节——甚至缺少激情。

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上钩；咬钩；吞饵

If a fish bites when you are fishing, it takes the hook or bait at the end of your fishing line in its mouth.

1. After half an hour, the fish stopped biting and we moved on.

   半个小时以后，鱼儿不再咬钩了，我们只好换地方。

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少许；少量；小部分

A bite of something is a small part or amount of it.

1. ...bites of conversation.

   谈话的片段

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恩将仇报；以怨报德；忘恩负义

If someone bites the hand that feeds them, they behave badly or in an ungrateful way towards someone who they depend on.

1. She may be cynical about the film industry, but ultimately she has no intention of biting the hand that feeds her.

   她对电影业可能有些怀疑失望，但终究没有恩将仇报之意。

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大发雷霆；乱发火儿

If someone speaks or replies to you angrily, and you think they are being unfair or reacting too strongly, you can say that they bite your head off .

1. Whenever possible, suggest she talks about it but be aware she may bite your head off for your trouble.

   找机会建议她谈谈这事儿，但是小心她可能会因为你多事儿而大发雷霆。

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隐忍不言；绷紧嘴巴

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.

1. I must learn to bite my lip...

   我必须学会不乱说话。

2. He bit his tongue as he found himself on the point of saying 'follow that car'.

   他想说“跟上那辆车”，话到嘴边又咽了回去。

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抽出一部分，拿出一部分（钱）

If something takes a bite out of a sum of money, part of the money is spent or taken away in order to pay for it.

1. Local taxes are going to be taking a bigger bite out of people's income than they ever have before.

   地方税收在人们收入中的比重将超过以往任何时候。

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用牙齿

use teeth

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咬

to use your teeth to cut into or through sth

3

她被家里的狗咬伤了。

She was bitten by the family dog.

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别咬指甲了！

Stop biting your nails!

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她咬了一口熟透了的多汁的梨。

She bit into a ripe juicy pear.

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你的狗咬人吗？

Does your dog bite?

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过来吧！我不会咬人的！

Come here! I won't bite! (= you don't need to be afraid)

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他咬下了一大块面包。

He bit off a large chunk of bread./He bit a large chunk of bread off.

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昆虫；蛇

of insect/snake

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叮；蜇；咬

to wound sb by making a small hole or mark in their skin

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我们被蚊子咬得不行。

We were badly bitten by mosquitoes.

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大多数欧洲蜘蛛不咬人。

Most European spiders don't bite.

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鱼

of fish

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咬饵；上钩

if a fish bites , it takes food from the hook of a fishing line and may get caught

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产生影响

have effect

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产生不良影响

to have an unpleasant effect

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经济衰退开始产生不良影响。

The recession is beginning to bite.

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对某事物着迷；热衷于某事物

to develop a strong interest in or enthusiasm for sth

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他迷上了旅游。

He's been bitten by the travel bug .

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硬着头皮对付不愉快的（或艰难的）情况；咬紧牙关应付

to start to deal with an unpleasant or difficult situation which cannot be avoided

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源自战地手术习惯。战士们在无麻醉剂的情况下咬住子弹接受手术。

From the custom of giving soldiers a bullet to bite on during a medical operation without anaesthetic.

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失败；被打败；被摧毁

to fail, or to be defeated or destroyed

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每年有数以千计的小企业倒闭。

Thousands of small businesses bite the dust every year.

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死

to die

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伤害恩人；恩将仇报

to harm sb who has helped you or supported you

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忍住话；抑制情感的流露

to stop yourself from saying sth or from showing an emotion

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想一口吃成胖子；不自量力

to try to do too much, or sth that is too difficult

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隐忍不言（避免祸从口出）

to stop yourself from saying sth that might upset sb or cause an argument, although you want to speak

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我不相信她的解释，但我忍着没有说出来。

I didn't believe her explanation but I bit my tongue.

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（表示后悔说出愚蠢的或令人尴尬的话）

used when sb says sth stupid or embarrassing and immediately wishes they had not said it

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气愤地对某人大喊大叫；（尤指毫无道理地）呵斥某人

to shout at sb in an angry way, especially without reason

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反击；反驳

to react angrily, especially when sb has criticized or harmed you

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忍住不说出某事；不流露情感

to stop yourself from saying sth or from showing your feelings

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她按捺住怒火。

She bit back her anger.

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咬（或切、陷等）入某物

to cut into the surface of sth

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马蹄深深地陷进了松软的土里。

The horses' hooves bit deep into the soft earth.

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用牙齿

using teeth

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咬

an act of biting

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狗闹着玩地咬了我一下。

The dog gave me a playful bite.

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他得戴着牙箍矫正牙齿的咬合。

He has to wear a brace to correct his bite (= the way the upper and lower teeth fit together) .

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食物

food

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（咬下的）一口

a small piece of food that you can bite from a larger piece

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她咬了两口三明治。

She took a couple of bites of the sandwich.

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他一口饭也没吃。

He didn't eat a bite of his dinner (= he ate nothing) .

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小量食物；简单的一餐

a small amount of food; a small meal

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简单吃点午饭好吗？

How about a bite of lunch?

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电影开演之前，我们只有匆匆吃一点东西的时间。

We just have time for a bite to eat before the movie.

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昆虫；动物

of insect/animal

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咬伤；叮伤；蜇伤

a wound made by an animal or insect

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狗咬的伤口会感染。

Dog bites can get infected.

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蚊子叮伤；蛇咬伤

a mosquito/snake bite

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浓郁的味道

strong taste

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浓香

a pleasant strong taste

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干酪会增加面食的香味。

Cheese will add extra bite to any pasta dish.

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冷

cold

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寒冷；凛冽

a sharp cold feeling

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今晚寒气刺骨。

There's a bite in the air tonight.

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强烈影响

powerful effect

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影响力；感染力

a quality that makes sth effective or powerful

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这次演出毫无感染力。

The performance had no bite to it.

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鱼

of fish

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咬饵；上钩

the act of a fish biting food on a hook

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做某事的机会（或时机）

an opportunity to do sth

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他们渴望能得到第二次机会。

They were eager for a second bite of the cherry.

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嘴硬心软；说话强硬，其实并不伤人；貌似凶狠

used to say that sb is not really as angry or as aggressive as they sound

1

a portion removed from the whole

例子:

1. the government's weekly bite from my paycheck

2

the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws

近义词: chomp

3

a strong odor or taste property

例子:

1. the pungency of mustard
2. the sulfurous bite of garlic
3. the sharpness of strange spices
4. the raciness of the wine

近义词: pungency,sharpness,raciness

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wit having a sharp and caustic quality

例子:

1. he commented with typical pungency
2. the bite of satire

近义词: pungency

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(angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait

例子:

1. after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite

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a light informal meal

近义词: collation,snack

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a small amount of solid food;a mouthful

例子:

1. all they had left was a bit of bread

近义词: morsel,bit

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a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person

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a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

近义词: sting,insect bite

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penetrate or cut, as with a knife

例子:

1. The fork bit into the surface

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deliver a sting to

例子:

1. A bee stung my arm yesterday

近义词: sting,prick

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to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws

例子:

1. Gunny invariably tried to bite her

近义词: seize with teeth

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cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

例子:

1. The sun burned his face

近义词: sting,burn