eat up phrasal verbphr v a) EATto eat all of something 吃完,吃光 Come on, eat up, there’s a good girl. 加油,全都吃完,这才是乖女孩。
eat something ↔ up She’s made a cake and wants us to help eat it up. 她做了个蛋糕,要我们帮忙把它吃完。
b) eat something ↔ up informalUSE/CONSUME to use a lot of something, especially until there is none left 用光;耗尽 Big cars just eat up money. 开大车只会把钱造光。
c) be eaten up with/by jealousy/anger/curiosity etcVERY to be very jealous, angry etc, so that you cannot think about anything else 充满嫉妒/愤怒/好奇等
eat up• We were always taught to eat our vegetables up.• Margaret ate it all up and then asked for more.• Non-energy saving light bulbs just eat up electricity.• The V8 is a very powerful engine, but it really eats up gas.• My rent eats up most of my money.• Come on, boys -- eat up your supper and get to bed.
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