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eating + noun
eating 作定语修饰名词。
She has healthy eating habits.
她有健康的饮食习惯。
进食；吃
eatings — plural of eating
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
进食；吃
The act of ingesting food.
She has healthy eating habits.
她有健康的饮食习惯。
进食的行为；吃。
The act of ingesting food.
腐蚀或消耗某种物质的行为。
The act of corroding or consuming some substance.
Eating healthy food is important for your health.
吃健康的食物对健康很重要。
I enjoy eating at that restaurant.
我喜欢在那家餐厅吃饭。
She is always thinking about eating.
她总在想吃东西。
eating 作定语修饰名词。
She has healthy eating habits.
她有健康的饮食习惯。
Mindful eating can improve digestion.
正念饮食可以改善消化。
更正式的表达方式。
The eating of raw fish is common in Japan.
生鱼片的食用在日本很常见。
Not this
Eat is necessary for health.
Use this
Eating is necessary for health.
错误：汉语中动词原形可作主语，但英语中需用动名词形式作主语。
Not this
I am very like eating.
Use this
I really like eating.
错误：汉语中'很喜欢'直译成'very like'，但英语中副词'very'不能修饰动词，应用'really'或'like...a lot'。
Not this
He enjoys to eat.
Use this
He enjoys eating.
错误：动词'enjoy'后接动名词而非不定式。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
健康饮食
She adopted a diet of healthy eating.
她采用了健康饮食的方式。
饮食习惯
His eating habits have changed since he moved abroad.
自从他移居国外，他的饮食习惯发生了变化。
进食障碍
Anorexia is a serious eating disorder.
厌食症是一种严重的进食障碍。
情绪化进食
She tends to engage in comfort eating when stressed.
她在压力大时倾向于情绪化进食。
外出就餐
We enjoy eating out on weekends.
我们喜欢周末外出就餐。
暴食
Binge eating can lead to health problems.
暴食会导致健康问题。
吃得很多
After the long hike, he was eating like a horse.
长途徒步之后，他吃得很多。
收回说过的话
He had to eat his words after the project succeeded.
项目成功后，他不得不收回自己说过的话。
被迫认错
After being proven wrong, he was eating crow in front of everyone.
在被证明错误后，他在众人面前被迫认错。
Use eatings naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想e一a直t在ing吃，即‘一直在吃’，是吃的名词
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常饮食、健康饮食、饮食行为 作为名词，通常表示进食行为，适用于多种日常和正式场合。
All listed words rhyme with 'eating' because they share the ending /iːtɪŋ/. Note that words like 'sweating' or 'skating' have different vowel sounds despite similar spelling.
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