bite
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they bite | |
| he / she / it bites | |
| past simple bit | |
| past participle bitten | |
| -ing form biting |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to use your teeth to cut into or through something 咬 Does your dog bite? 你的狗咬人吗？ Come here! I won't bite! (= you don't need to be afraid) 过来吧！我不会咬人的！ - bite into/through something
She bit into a ripe juicy pear. 她咬了一口熟透多汁的梨。 - bite somebody/something
She was bitten by the family dog. 她被家里的狗咬伤了。 Stop biting your nails! 别咬指甲了！ - bite off something/sth off
He bit off a large chunk of bread/He bit a large chunk of bread off. 他咬下了一大块面包。
Extra ExamplesThe dog had bitten right through its rope. 那狗把拴它的绳子咬断了。 He bit at his lower lip. 他咬着下嘴唇。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- off
- at
- down on
- into
- …
- bite something in half
- bite something in two
- [intransitive, transitive]
to wound somebody by making a small hole or mark in their skin 叮；蜇；咬 Most European spiders don't bite. 大多数欧洲蜘蛛不咬人。 - bite somebody
We were badly bitten by mosquitoes. 我们被蚊子叮得不行。
- [intransitive]
if a fish bites, it takes food from the end of a fishing line and may get caught 咬饵；上钩 - [intransitive]
to have an unpleasant effect 产生不良影响 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deep
- hard
- begin to
- start to
use teeth用牙齿
of insect/snake昆虫；蛇
of fish鱼
have effect产生影响
Word OriginOld English bītan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bijten and German beissen.
Idioms
be bitten by something
bite the bullet
- (informal)
to start to deal with an unpleasant or difficult situation which cannot be avoided 硬着头皮对付不愉快的（或艰难的）情况；咬紧牙关应付 I wasn’t happy with the way my career was going so I decided to bite the bullet and look for another job. 我对自己的职业生涯不满意，所以我决定硬着头皮去找另一份工作。
bite the dust (informal)
to fail, or to be defeated or destroyed 失败；被打败；被摧毁 - (humorous)
to die 死
bite the hand that feeds you
to harm somebody who has helped you or supported you 伤害恩人；恩将仇报
bite/snap somebody’s head off
- (informal)
to shout at somebody in an angry way, especially without reason 气愤地对某人大喊大叫；（尤指毫无道理地）呵斥某人
bite your lip
to stop yourself from saying something or from showing an emotion 忍住话；抑制情感的流露 I bit my lip and forced myself to be calm. 我咬着嘴唇，强迫自己冷静下来。
bite off more than you can chew
to try to do too much, or something that is too difficult 想一口吃成胖子；不自量力
bite your tongue
to stop yourself from saying something that might upset somebody or cause an argument, although you want to speak 隐忍不言（避免祸从口出）
a/the hair of the dog (that bit you)
- (informal)
alcohol that you drink in order to make you feel better when you have drunk too much alcohol the night before 用于解宿醉的酒
once bitten, twice shy
- (saying)
after an unpleasant experience you are careful to avoid something similar 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳