bites

英 [baɪts]

美 [baɪts]

v.  咬; 叮; 蜇; 咬饵; 上钩
n.  咬; (咬下的)一口; 小量食物; 简单的一餐
bite的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 咬；咬伤
  If youbitesomething, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or personbitesyou, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you.
  1. Both sisters bit their nails as children...
     两姐妹都像小孩儿一样咬指甲。
  2. He bit into his sandwich...
     他咬了一口他的三明治。
  3. He had bitten the cigarette in two...
     他已经把香烟咬成了两半。
  4. Every year in this country more than 50,000 children are bitten by dogs...
     每年这个国家有5万多儿童被狗咬伤。
  5. Llamas won't bite or kick.
     美洲驼既不会咬人也不会踢人。
• N-COUNT （尤指对食物的）咬
  Abiteof something, especially food, is the action of biting it.
  1. He took another bite of apple...
     他又咬了一口苹果。
  2. You cannot eat a bun in one bite.
     你不能一口吃下一个面包。
  3. Abiteis also the amount of food you take into your mouth when you bite it.
     （食物的）一口
  4. Look forward to eating the food and enjoy every bite.
     盼着吃东西，享受每一口食物。
• N-SING 一点儿食物
  If you havea biteto eat, you have a small meal or a snack.
  1. It was time to go home for a little rest and a bite to eat.
     该回家休息一会儿，吃一点儿东西了。
• VERB 咬；叮
  If a snake or a small insectbitesyou, it makes a mark or hole in your skin, and often causes the surrounding area of your skin to become painful or itchy.
  1. When an infected mosquito bites a human, spores are injected into the blood...
     感染病毒的蚊子叮咬人之后，孢子便被注入血液中。
  2. We were all badly bitten by mosquitoes.
     我们都被蚊子咬惨了。
• N-COUNT （被叮、咬后留下的）伤口，包
  Abiteis an injury or a mark on your body where an animal, snake, or small insect has bitten you.
  1. Any dog bite, no matter how small, needs immediate medical attention.
     被狗咬后，不管伤口多小，都必须立即就医。
• VERB 产生严重（或不良）影响
  When an action or policy begins tobite, it begins to have a serious or harmful effect.
  1. As the sanctions begin to bite there will be more political difficulties ahead...
     随着制裁开始产生严重的负面影响，政治上将面临更多的困难。
  2. The recession started biting deeply into British industry.
     经济萧条开始对英国的工业产生严重影响。
• VERB 碾轧；切割；陷入
  If an objectbitesinto a surface, it presses hard against it or cuts into it.
  1. There may even be some wire or nylon biting into the flesh...
     甚至可能有一些金属丝或者尼龙线勒到肉里。
  2. The car's tires bit loudly on the rutted snow in the street.
     汽车轮子碾入街道上布满车辙的雪里，发出很大的声响。
• N-UNCOUNT （食物或酒的）浓郁味道，辛辣味
  If you say that a food or drink hasbite, you like it because it has a strong or sharp taste.
  1. ...the addition of tartaric acid to give the wine some bite.
     为增加红酒的口感而加入酒石酸
• N-SING 寒冷；刺骨
  If the air or the wind hasa bite, it feels very cold.
  1. There was a bite in the air, a smell perhaps of snow.
     空气非常寒冷，似乎有雪的味道。
• N-UNCOUNT （表演、文章等的）犀利，感染力
  If something such as a performance or a piece of writing hasbite, it is exciting or effective.
  1. The teams have that extra bite when they are playing against their neighbours...
     这几支队伍与其邻近地区队伍交手时锐气更盛。
  2. The novel seems to lack bite and tension—even passion.
     这部小说乏善可陈，没有紧张的情节——甚至缺少激情。
• VERB 上钩；咬钩；吞饵
  If a fishbiteswhen you are fishing, it takes the hook or bait at the end of your fishing line in its mouth.
  1. After half an hour, the fish stopped biting and we moved on.
     半个小时以后，鱼儿不再咬钩了，我们只好换地方。
  2. Biteis also a noun.
     
  3. If I don't get a bite in a few minutes I lift the rod and twitch the bait.
     如果几分钟没有鱼上钩，我就提起钓竿晃动一下鱼饵。
• N-COUNT 少许；少量；小部分
  Abite ofsomething is a small part or amount of it.
  1. ...bites of conversation.
     谈话的片段
• See also:love bitenail-biting
• PHRASE 恩将仇报；以怨报德；忘恩负义
  If someonebites the hand that feedsthem, they behave badly or in an ungrateful way towards someone who they depend on.
  1. She may be cynical about the film industry, but ultimately she has no intention of biting the hand that feeds her.
     她对电影业可能有些怀疑失望，但终究没有恩将仇报之意。
• PHRASE 大发雷霆；乱发火儿
  If someone speaks or replies to you angrily, and you think they are being unfair or reacting too strongly, you can say that theybiteyourhead off.
  1. Whenever possible, suggest she talks about it but be aware she may bite your head off for your trouble.
     找机会建议她谈谈这事儿，但是小心她可能会因为你多事儿而大发雷霆。
• PHRASE 隐忍不言；绷紧嘴巴
  If youbiteyourlipor yourtongue, you stop yourself from saying something that you want to say, because it would be the wrong thing to say in the circumstances.
  1. I must learn to bite my lip...
     我必须学会不乱说话。
  2. He bit his tongue as he found himself on the point of saying 'follow that car'.
     他想说“跟上那辆车”，话到嘴边又咽了回去。
• PHRASE 抽出一部分，拿出一部分（钱）
  If somethingtakes a bite out ofa sum of money, part of the money is spent or taken away in order to pay for it.
  1. Local taxes are going to be taking a bigger bite out of people's income than they ever have before.
     地方税收在人们收入中的比重将超过以往任何时候。
• someone'sbark is worse thantheirbite→ see:bark

双语例句

• There's no need to get two bites at a cherry; we can finish all our packing this afternoon.
  没有必要分几次做，今天下午我们就可结束全部包装。
• I counted about twenty mosquito bites.
  我数了数，大约被蚊子咬了二十处之多。
• One night, a flea bites Dog.
  一天晚上，狗被跳蚤咬醒了。
• She was taking tiny bites of a hot dog and daintily wiping her lips with a napkin.
  她小口地吃着热狗，用餐巾优雅地擦着嘴。
• The rain water bites in iron pipes.
  雨水腐蚀铁管子。
• He bites at anyone when he is mad.
  他发起火来谁都骂。
• After I went swimming, I had mosquito bites from head to toe.
  我去游泳后，我全身都给蚊子咬了。
• It stings the toes and bites the nose.
  它吹疼了我的脚趾和鼻尖。
• I've got some sort of insect bites on my leg.
  我腿上被虫子咬了。
• The traveller's face was covered with insect bites.
  旅行者满脸都是被虫子叮咬的疙瘩。