| 单词 | eat up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto eat up to eat up 1. To consume completely, eat without leaving any; to devour greedily. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat voraciously forswallowOE gulch?c1225 afretea1350 moucha1350 glop1362 gloup1362 forglut1393 worrya1400 globbec1400 forsling1481 slonk1481 franch1519 gull1530 to eat up1535 to swallow up1535 engorge1541 gulp1542 ramp1542 slosh1548 raven1557 slop1575 yolp1579 devour1586 to throw oneself on1592 paunch1599 tire1599 glut1600 batten1604 frample1606 gobbet1607 to make a (also one's) meal on (also upon)a1616 to make a (also one's) meal of1622 gorge1631 demolish1639 gourmanda1657 guttle1685 to gawp up1728 nyam1790 gamp1805 slummock1808 annihilate1815 gollop1823 punish1825 engulf1829 hog1836 scoff1846 brosier1850 to pack away1855 wolf1861 locust1868 wallop1892 guts1934 murder1935 woof1943 pelicana1953 pig1979 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Bel & Dragon i. D Ate vp soch thinges as were vpon ye altare. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. E2 By this meanes rich men eate vp poore men, as beasts eate vp grasse. 1816 J. Austen Emma I. ii. 32 The wedding-cake..was all eat up . View more context for this quotation 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 98 Monsieur Léonce Miranda ate her up With eye-devouring. 2. To devastate, consume all the food in (a country); to consume all (a person's) provisions or resources; to ruin (a person) for one's own benefit. Also (in modern use) of nations: To absorb, annex rapaciously (neighbouring territories). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > annex annex1449 adject?a1475 to eat up1616 to take in1893 1616 S. Hieron Dignitie of Preaching (new ed.) in Wks. (1620) I. 589 Goe not from the church, to eate out & to eate vp one another in the market, by fraud & cruelty. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 238 He set as many soldiers upon him, as should eat him up in a night. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 167 The Scots were sent Home, after having eaten up two Counties. 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature vii. 146 Others..would not fail to make themselves greater or stronger by eating up their neighbours. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar v. 42 On they swept eating up the country. 1884 Graphic 4 Oct. 342/2 The Boers..will gradually ‘eat-up’ all the surrounding territories, as they are now ‘eating-up’ Zululand. 3. figurative. To absorb wastefully; to have a destructive effect upon; to consume (time, money, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > devour, engulf, or consume (of fire, water, etc.) > consume or destroy wastefully (time, money, etc.) to wear out1390 exhaust1541 horse-leech1679 to eat up1680 racket1753 to run into the ground1836 short1979 1680 W. Allen Perswasive to Peace & Unity (ed. 2) Pref. 54 Hath eaten up the comfort of love in a great measure. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 6. ⁋4 The Affectation of being Gay and in Fashion, has very near eaten up our good Sense and our Religion. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. ii. 425 Whose salaries may eat up the greater part of the produce of the tax. View more context for this quotation 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxxv. 249 The sun had so much power..that it eat up the wind. 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. xviii. 177 I got a bit of Sophocles that was so horridly hard, it ate up all my time. 4. To absorb, assimilate the ideas of (a writer). ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > [verb (transitive)] > assimilate ideas drinka1400 imbibe1555 to eat up1573 devour1581 assimilatea1631 to suck ina1640 absorb1840 1573 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalipse (rev. ed.) xlv. f. 138 We say in Dutch, He hath eaten Galen or Priscian quyte vp, that is to say, he hath learned them by hart. 1865 D. Masson Recent Brit. Philos. 281 Kant ate up all Hume, and redigested him. 5. Of passions: To ‘consume’, absorb (a person). Of diseases, troubles, etc.: To wear out the life of (a person). Chiefly in passive; const. with (pride, selfishness, etc.; a disease, debts, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > cause anguish to or torment [verb (transitive)] quelmeOE eatc1000 martyrOE fretc1175 woundc1175 to-fret?c1225 gnawc1230 to-traya1250 torment1297 renda1333 anguish1340 grindc1350 wringc1374 debreakc1384 ofpinec1390 rivea1400 urn1488 reboil1528 whip1530 cruciate1532 pinch1548 spur-galla1555 agonize1570 rack1576 cut1582 excruciate1590 scorchc1595 discruciate1596 butcher1597 split1597 torture1598 lacerate1600 harrow1603 hell1614 to eat upa1616 arrow1628 martyrize1652 percruciate1656 tear1666 crucify1702 flay1782 wrench1798 kill1800 to cut up1843 a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iii. 396 I see sir, you are eaten vp with passion. View more context for this quotation 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 494. ¶1 The Saint was..generally eaten up with Spleen and Melancholy. 1751 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) I. vi. 109 Nehemiah found the people..eaten up with debts. 1799 in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1845) III. 316 The garrison is..eat up with the scurvy. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice I. v. 39 He is ate up with pride. View more context for this quotation ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > abuse language [verb (transitive)] > in speech > by eliding syllables to eat up1584 disquantity1866 1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. L Sa is the hinmest lang syllabe the hinmest fute, suppose there be vther short syllabis behind it, quhilkis are eatin vp in the pronounceing, and na wayis comptit as fete. 7. figurative. To traverse (a distance, ground) rapidly. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > traverse a distance or ground > rapidly scourc1380 skirra1616 scud1632 bescour1837 to swallow up1890 to eat up1898 to burn up1909 1898 H. S. Canfield Maid of Frontier 111 If I don't put my spurs into him an' make him eat up the groun'. 1905 R. T. Sloss Bk. Automobile 179 One of the keenest pleasures in possessing a car is being able to annihilate a hill or ‘eat it up’. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Damsel in Distress x Ten minutes in the gray car ate up the distance between the links and George's cottage. eat up f. colloquial. figurative. To receive (esp. a stage performance) with gusto; to acclaim. Also eat up. (Cf. devour v. 6.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > applaud [verb (transitive)] applause1596 applaud1598 plaud1598 acclaim1626 plaudit1640 ovation1894 eat up1911 1911 L. Merrick Peggy Harper iv. 197 They ate the piece—it was only Galbraith they were guying. 1917 P. G. Wodehouse Uneasy Money iv. 23 I'm an English countess, doing barefoot dancing to work off the mortgage on the ancestral castle, and they eat me. 1919 F. Hurst Humoresque 195 You wait until you see the way they're going to eat me up in the court scene in ‘Saint Elba’. 1928 ‘I. Hay’ Poor Gentleman iii. 58 The highbrow and pacifist reviewers there simply ate it [sc. the book] up, and said that if this was war, war ought to be stopped. 1949 N. Mitford Love in Cold Climate 261 London society..simply ate Cedric up, occasional echoes of his great success even reaching Oxford. 1958 K. Amis I like it Here 158 He held forth instead in a series of essays... The Sunday Times would absolutely eat this chap. < as lemmas |
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