吃[chī]

动

1. eat; take

♦ ~苹果 eat an apple

♦ ~药 take medicine

♦ ~糖 have some sweets

♦ ~得很饱 have eaten one's fill

2. have one's meals; eat somewhere

♦ ~食堂 have one's meals in the mess

3. live on (or off)

♦ ~利钱 live on interest

♦ ~劳保 live on labour insurance

4. annihilate; wipe out

♦ ~掉敌军一个师 annihilate an enemy division

♦ ~一个子儿 take a piece (in chess)

5. exhaust; be a strain on

♦ 吃力

6. absorb; soak up

♦ 这种纸不~墨水。 This kind of paper does not absorb ink.

♦ 茄子很~油。 Eggplant calls for a lot of oil in cooking.

7. suffer; bear; incur

♦ 腿上~了一枪 get wounded by a shot in the leg

♦ 连~败仗 suffer one defeat after another

♦ 我可不~这一套。 I won't take all this lying down.