bite sb/sth
及物用法，直接接被咬的人或物，中间不加介词。
The dog bit the postman on the leg.
那条狗咬了邮递员的腿。
咬；咬住；叼
bit — past of bite · irregular form
叮；蜇；上钩；受骗；产生不良影响；造成麻烦；使痛苦；伤害；辣；呛
To use the teeth to cut into, hold, or attack.
用牙齿咬入某物。
To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
用牙齿咬住某物。
To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
用牙齿攻击。
To attack with the teeth.
表现出攻击性；拒绝接近。
To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
牢牢抓住；建立紧密接触。
To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
产生显著(常为负面)效果。
To have significant effect, often negative.
咬住带饵的鱼钩或其他诱饵而被捕获。
To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
接受秘密或欺骗性提议以引发行动
To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
叮咬
To sting.
引起刺痛感；具有引起刺痛的特性；辛辣
To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
造成剧痛或损害；伤害或损伤
To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
引起剧痛；产生痛苦；伤害或损伤；具有这种特性
To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
紧紧抓住
To take or keep a firm hold.
抓住；紧握；附着
To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
一般现在时
The dog bites the mailman every morning.
那只狗每天早上都咬邮递员。
一般过去时
Yesterday, he bit into an apple.
昨天，他咬了一口苹果。
现在完成时
She has never bit her nails.
她从未咬过指甲。
注意：该动词不规则，过去式和过去分词均为bit，但现代英语中过去分词也可用bitten。
The dog bites the bone every morning.
这只狗每天早上都咬骨头。
用法提示：动词'bite'在此表示用牙齿咬物体。
She bit into the apple and found it was sour.
她咬了一口苹果，发现它是酸的。
用法提示：过去式'bit'表示过去发生的咬的动作。
The baby is biting his toy.
婴儿正在咬他的玩具。
用法提示：现在分词'biting'用于描述正在进行的咬的动作。
及物用法，直接接被咬的人或物，中间不加介词。
The dog bit the postman on the leg.
那条狗咬了邮递员的腿。
bite into 强调牙齿切入某物内部，多用于食物。
He bit into the peach and juice ran down his chin.
他咬了一口桃子，汁水顺着下巴流下来。
bite at 表示朝着某物咬去，常用于鱼咬饵，也可指只咬了一下或没咬住。
The fish bit at the bait but got away.
鱼咬了一下鱼饵，还是跑了。
不及物用法，不接宾语，表示有咬人的习性，主语多为动物。
Careful, that dog bites.
小心，那条狗咬人。
与bite相比，nibble强调小口、轻咬，常用于吃东西或表示不情愿地咬一点点。
gnaw强调持续用力地咬或啃，常用于动物或人咬硬物。
chomp比bite更强调大口、用力地咬，常带有声音或象声感。
nip指快速轻咬的一下，可能带来轻微疼痛，常用于小动物或开玩笑的咬。
crunch强调咬碎硬物时发出的嘎吱声，常用于吃薯片、苹果等脆物。
grammar · medium
易错句子The dog bited me on the leg yesterday.
正确表达The dog bit me on the leg yesterday.
bite 是不规则动词，过去式是 bit，不能按规则动词加 -ed 写成 bited；只要把过去式换成 bit，其余部分和意思都不变。
grammar · medium
易错句子A mosquito stung my arm last night.
正确表达A mosquito bit my arm last night.
sting 指蜂、蝎等用毒刺叮蜇，bite 指用牙齿或口器咬、叮；蚊子的口器是刺吸式的，英语习惯说 mosquito bites，因此这里要用 bit，而不是 stung。
grammar · medium
易错句子My dog bite strangers.
正确表达My dog bites strangers.
一般现在时中主语是第三人称单数时，动词要加 -s，所以用 bites；汉语动词没有词形变化，学习者常漏掉这个 -s。
针对“咬”的动作，反义词为“松开”。
咬进，咬入
She bit into the apple and smiled.
她咬了一口苹果，笑了。
咬掉，咬下
He bit off a piece of the chocolate bar.
他咬下一块巧克力。
咬穿，咬透
The dog bit through the rope and escaped.
狗咬断了绳子逃跑了。
咬紧，咬住
Bite down on this cloth; it will help with the pain.
咬住这块布，它会有助于缓解疼痛。
咬某人
The mosquito bit him on the arm.
蚊子咬了他的胳膊。
咬嘴唇（忍住不说或抑制情感）
She bit her lip to keep from crying.
她咬住嘴唇忍住不哭。
硬着头皮面对困难
I decided to bite the bullet and go to the dentist.
我决定硬着头皮去看牙医。
贪多嚼不烂；不自量力
He bit off more than he could chew by taking on three jobs.
他接了三个工作，真是不自量力。
失败；死亡；被淘汰
Our old car finally bit the dust after years of use.
我们的旧车用了多年后终于报废了。
又一个人失败了
Sing along as you hear the line 'Another one bites the dust' from Queen's iconic song.
跟着唱Queen标志性歌曲中的那句'又一个人失败了'。
咬我啊！
When someone annoys you, you might sarcastically say 'Bite me!' just like in many TV shows.
当有人惹你烦时，你可能会像很多电视剧里一样讽刺地说'咬我啊！'
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