bite
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they bite | |
| he / she / it bites | |
| past simple bit | |
| past participle bitten | |
| -ing form biting |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to use your teeth to cut into or through something 咬 Does your dog bite? 你的狗咬人嗎？ Come here! I won't bite! (= you don't need to be afraid) 過來吧！我不會咬人的！ - bite into/through something
She bit into a ripe juicy pear. 她咬了一口熟透多汁的梨。 - bite somebody/something
She was bitten by the family dog. 她被家裏的狗咬傷了。 Stop biting your nails! 别咬指甲了！ - bite off something/sth off
He bit off a large chunk of bread/He bit a large chunk of bread off. 他咬下了一大塊面包。
Extra ExamplesThe dog had bitten right through its rope. 那狗把拴它的繩子咬斷了。 He bit at his lower lip. 他咬着下嘴唇。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- off
- at
- down on
- into
- …
- bite something in half
- bite something in two
- [intransitive, transitive]
to wound somebody by making a small hole or mark in their skin 叮；蜇；咬 Most European spiders don't bite. 大多數歐洲蜘蛛不咬人。 - bite somebody
We were badly bitten by mosquitoes. 我們被蚊子叮得不行。
- [intransitive]
if a fish bites, it takes food from the end of a fishing line and may get caught 咬餌；上鈎 - [intransitive]
to have an unpleasant effect 産生不良影響 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deep
- hard
- begin to
- start to
use teeth用牙齒
of insect/snake昆蟲；蛇
of fish魚
have effect産生影響
Word OriginOld English bītan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bijten and German beissen.
Idioms
be bitten by something
bite the bullet
- (informal)
to start to deal with an unpleasant or difficult situation which cannot be avoided 硬着頭皮對付不愉快的（或艱難的）情況；咬緊牙關應付 I wasn’t happy with the way my career was going so I decided to bite the bullet and look for another job. 我對自己的職業生涯不滿意，所以我決定硬着頭皮去找另一份工作。
bite the dust (informal)
to fail, or to be defeated or destroyed 失敗；被打敗；被摧毀 - (humorous)
to die 死
bite the hand that feeds you
to harm somebody who has helped you or supported you 傷害恩人；恩將仇報
bite/snap somebody’s head off
- (informal)
to shout at somebody in an angry way, especially without reason 氣憤地對某人大喊大叫；（尤指毫無道理地）呵斥某人
bite your lip
to stop yourself from saying something or from showing an emotion 忍住話；抑制情感的流露 I bit my lip and forced myself to be calm. 我咬着嘴唇，強迫自己冷靜下來。
bite off more than you can chew
to try to do too much, or something that is too difficult 想一口吃成胖子；不自量力
bite your tongue
to stop yourself from saying something that might upset somebody or cause an argument, although you want to speak 隐忍不言（避免禍從口出）
a/the hair of the dog (that bit you)
- (informal)
alcohol that you drink in order to make you feel better when you have drunk too much alcohol the night before 用於解宿醉的酒
once bitten, twice shy
- (saying)
after an unpleasant experience you are careful to avoid something similar 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩