出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中央民族大学出版社《新英汉大词典上》第362页（245字）
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(ate；eaten)①吃②吃饭〔Who is eating here today?今天谁在这吃饭?〕③耗尽，消耗〔High prices ate up his savings．高物价耗尽了他的积蓄。〕④腐蚀，销蚀〔The acid ate holes in the cloth．酸在布上烧了几个洞。hinges esten away by rust被锈坏的折叶〕／eat one’s words收回前言，认错道歉