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单词 diet
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dietnoun

uk/ˈdaɪ.ət/us/ˈdaɪ.ət/

B1 [ C or U ] the food and drink usually eaten or drunk by a person or group:

Diet varies between different countries in the world.
a healthy/balanced/varied diet
Rice is the staple diet (= most important food) of many people in China.
The children seem to exist on a diet of fried food.

B1 [ C ] an eating plan in which someone eats less food, or only particular types of food, because they want to become thinner or for medical reasons:

I'm going on a diet next week and hope to lose ten pounds before Christmas.
a crash/strict/calorie-controlled diet
The doctor put me on a low-salt diet to reduce my blood pressure.

[ S ] a particular type of thing that you experience or do regularly, or a limited range of activities:

He was brought up on a diet of political propaganda from birth.
Network TV only offers a diet of bad reality shows every night.

More examples

  • Your skin would clear if you had a healthier diet.
  • I'm afraid I'm not a very good advertisement for the diet since I've actually put on weight!
  • Fresh fruit and vegetables are an essential component of a healthy diet.
  • A good diet helps build the body's natural defences.
  • The deformation of the bones was caused by poor diet.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Diets & dieting

  • anorexia nervosa
  • balanced diet
  • bulimia
  • caloric
  • calorie-controlled
  • calorific
  • comfort eating
  • complex carbohydrate
  • crash diet
  • deficiency disease
  • dietetics
  • intake
  • low-calorie
  • macrobiotic
  • malnourished
  • nutraceutical
  • nutritional
  • nutritious
  • slimmer
  • vegetarian

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Standard and routine
Habitual behaviour

dietadjective [ before noun ]

uk/ˈdaɪ.ət/us/ˈdaɪ.ət/

Diet food or drink contains less sugar or fat than the usual type, and often contains an artificial sweetener:

diet cola

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Various qualities of food

  • citrus
  • cordon bleu
  • creamy
  • crisp
  • crispy
  • crunchy
  • diabetic
  • fatty
  • hoppy
  • instant
  • isotonic
  • kosher
  • lean
  • mild
  • store-bought
  • sugar-coated
  • sugar-free
  • unbleached
  • undercook
  • unsliced

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Diets & dieting

dietverb [ I ]

uk/ˈdaɪ.ət/us/ˈdaɪ.ət/

to limit the food and/or drink that you have, especially in order to lose weight:

You should be able to reduce your weight by careful dieting.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Diets & dieting

  • anorexia nervosa
  • balanced diet
  • bulimia
  • caloric
  • calorie-controlled
  • calorific
  • comfort eating
  • complex carbohydrate
  • crash diet
  • deficiency disease
  • dietetics
  • intake
  • low-calorie
  • macrobiotic
  • malnourished
  • nutraceutical
  • nutritional
  • nutritious
  • slimmer
  • vegetarian

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