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1 [VERB 动词]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. [V n] [V into n] [V n adv/prep] [V] Both sisters bit their nails as children... 两姐妹都像小孩儿一样咬指甲。 He bit into his sandwich... 他咬了一口他的三明治。 He had bitten the cigarette in two... 他已经把香烟咬成了两半。 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。 Llamas won't bite or kick. 美洲驼既不会咬人也不会踢人。
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（尤指对食物的）咬 A bite of something, especially food, is the action of biting it. 3 [N-SING 单数名词]一点儿食物 If you have a bite to eat, you have a small meal or a snack. 4 [VERB 动词]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. 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。 We were all badly bitten by mosquitoes. 我们都被蚊子咬惨了。
5 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（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. 6 [VERB 动词]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. 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。 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。
7 [VERB 动词]碾轧；切割；陷入 If an object bites into a surface, it presses hard against it or cuts into it. 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。 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。
8 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（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. 9 [N-SING 单数名词]寒冷；刺骨 If the air or the wind has a bite, it feels very cold. 10 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（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. 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。 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。
11 [VERB 动词]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. 12 [N-COUNT 可数名词]少许；少量；小部分 A bite of something is a small part or amount of it. 13 See also:love bite ； nail-biting ； 14 [PHRASE 短语]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. 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。
15 [PHRASE 短语]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 . [V and N inflect] [disapproval] 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。
16 [PHRASE 短语]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. 17 [PHRASE 短语]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. 18 someone's bark is worse than their bite→see: bark ； to bite the bullet →see: bullet ； to bite off more than one can chew →see: chew ； to bite the dust →see: dust ； to bite the dust →see: twice shy ； once bitten →see: shy ； |