bite

1. V-T/V-I If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example, in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you. 咬; 咬伤

Both sisters bit their nails as children. 这两姐妹在孩童时都啃指甲。

He bit into his sandwich. 他咬了一口三明治。

Every year in this country more than 50,000 children are bitten by dogs. 每年这个国家有五万多个孩子被狗咬伤。

2. N-COUNT A bite of something, especially food, is the action of biting it. 咬

He took another bite of apple. 他又咬了一口苹果。

3. N-COUNT A bite of food is the amount of food you take into your mouth when you bite it. 一口的量

Look forward to eating the food and enjoy every bite. 盼望吃到那个食品并享受吃它的每一口。

4. N-SING If you have a bite to eat, you have a small meal or a snack. 少量吃的东西[非正式]

It was time to go home for a little rest and a bite to eat. 是该回家休息一会儿，吃点东西了。

5. V-T/V-I If a snake or a small insect bites you, or if it bites, it makes a mark or hole in your skin, and often causes the surrounding area of your skin to become painful or itchy. (蛇、虫等) 叮咬

When an infected mosquito bites a human, spores are injected into the blood. 受感染的蚊子叮人时，孢子就被注入人体血液。

6. N-COUNT A bite is an injury or a mark on your body where an animal, snake, or small insect has bitten you. (叮、咬的) 伤痕

Any dog bite, no matter how small, needs immediate medical attention. 任何狗咬的伤口，无论多小，都需要立即就医。

7. V-I When an action or policy begins to bite, it begins to have a serious or harmful effect. 产生严重影响

As the sanctions begin to bite there will be more political difficulties ahead. 随着制裁真正开始起作用，今后将会有更多的政治困难。

8. V-I If an object bites into a surface, it presses hard against it or cuts into it. 咬住; 切入

There may even be some wire or nylon biting into the flesh. 甚至可能有金属丝或尼龙勒进肉里。

9. N-UNCOUNT If you say that a food or drink has bite, you like it because it has a strong or sharp taste. (食物、饮料等) 够刺激的味道

The olive salad has to have bite and tang. 橄榄色拉的味道一定要够足够冲。

10. V-I If a fish bites when you are fishing, it takes the hook or bait at the end of your fishing line in its mouth. 上钩

After half an hour, the fish stopped biting and we moved on. 过了半小时，鱼不再上钩，我们就走开了。

11. N-COUNT Bite is also a noun. 上钩

If I don't get a bite in a few minutes I lift the rod and twitch the bait. 如果好几分钟也不见鱼上钩，我就提起鱼竿猛拉钓饵。

12. PHRASE If someone bites the hand that feeds them, they behave badly or in an ungrateful way toward someone who they depend on. 恩将仇报

She may be cynical about the film industry, but ultimately she has no intention of biting the hand that feeds her. 她也许会对电影业冷嘲热讽，但终究不打算恩将仇报。

13. PHRASE If you bite your lip or your tongue, you stop yourself from saying something that you want to say, because it would be the wrong thing to say in the circumstances. 忍住不说

I must learn to bite my lip. 我必须学会不随便说话。

14. to bite the bullet→see bullet

15. to bite the dust→see dust