吃

吃(喫) [chī] 动

1. ■ （吃东西） eat; take; make:

匆匆吃顿午饭 make a hasty lunch;

吃酒 drink wine;

吃苹果 eat an apple;

吃糖 have some sweets;

吃喜酒 go to wedding feast; attend the wedding banquet;

吃药 take medicine

2. ■ （在某一出售食物的地方吃） have one's meals; eat:

吃食堂 have one's meals in the mess

3. ■ （依靠某种事物来生活） live on [off]:

吃利钱 live on interest;

靠山吃山，靠水吃水。 Mountaineers rely on the mountains, just like those by the waterside profit from water.; If you live on a mountain, you live off the mountain; if you live by the water, you live off the water.

4. ■ （多用于军事、棋戏: 消灭） annihilate;wipe out:

吃掉敌人一个团 annihilate an enemy regiment;

吃一个子儿 take a piece (in chess)

5. ■ （耗费） exhaust; be a strain:

感到吃力 feel the strain (of work, etc.); find a job difficult

6. ■ （吸收液体） absorb; soak up:

这块地不吃水。 This plot does not take in water.

这种纸不吃墨。 This kind of paper does not absorb ink.

7. ■ （受; 挨） suffer; incur:

吃批评 be criticized;

连吃败仗 suffer one defeat after another;

腿上吃了一枪 get shot in the leg;

吃了他一拳。 He gave (me) a blow.

介

1. ■ （多见于早期白话: 被） by:

吃那厮骗了 was swindled by that fellow