| 单词 | eat up |
| 释义 | eat up (once / 1711 pages) v You can use the phrase eat up any time you're talking about something — or someone — who uses up or consumes resources, especially at a rapid pace. You might decide to buy a gas-electric hybrid car if you prefer a vehicle that doesn't eat up gasoline. Airplanes also eat up fuel, and an expensive hobby like skiing can quickly eat up all of your savings if you're not careful. Eat up can literally mean "eat everything" as well, like when your grandmother sings out, "Eat up!" as she serves you a big plate of her famous broccoli casserole. WORD FAMILYeat up: ate up, eaten up, eating up, eats up USAGE EXAMPLES"We started seeing these fires and something was wrong. These crown fires just ate up the landscape very quickly." BBC(Dec 29, 2016) With Saturday eating up most of the schedule, Christmas Day will offer just two games, both crucial divisional matchups. New York Times(Dec 24, 2016) “When I left treatment on Dec. 3, most of my days were still eaten up with wanting to use,” Clardy said. Washington Times(Dec 18, 2016) 1v use up (resources or materials) Syn|Hypo|Hyper consume, deplete, eat, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out occupy, take, use up require (time or space) run out exhaust the supply of draindeplete of resources indulge, luxuriateenjoy to excess burn, burn off, burn upuse up (energy) spendspend completely exhaust, play out, run down, sap, tiredeplete surfeitindulge (one's appetite) to satiety overspendspend more than available of (a budget) underspendspend less than the whole of (a budget, for example) drop, expend, spend pay out 2v finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table Syn|Hypo|Hyper finish, polish off put away, tuck away, tuck in eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food eat take in solid food 3v enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing Syn|Hyper bury, immerse, swallow, swallow up close in, enclose, inclose, shut in surround completely |
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