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bite1 /baɪt/ ●●● S2 verb (past tensepst bit /bɪt/, past participlepp bitten /ˈbɪtn/, present participle biting)   → byte, bight
1  bite.jpg WITH YOUR TEETHteeth 牙齿 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]BITE to use your teeth to cut, crush, or chew something 咬
 The dog bit him and made his hand bleed.
那只狗把他的手咬出血了。
bite into/through/at/down
 She bit into a croissant and took a sip of coffee.
她咬了一口牛角面包，啜了一口咖啡。
 An adult conger eel can easily bite through a man’s leg.
成年的康吉鳗不费力就能咬穿人的腿。
 Nina pushed her fist into her mouth and bit down hard.
妮娜把拳头塞进嘴巴，使劲地咬下去。
bite something off
 a man whose arm was bitten off by an alligator
被短吻鳄咬掉一条胳膊的男子
bite your nails (=bite the nails on your fingers, especially because you are nervous) 咬指甲
 I wish I could stop biting my nails.
我希望自己能改掉咬指甲的毛病。
bite your lip (=because you are upset or not sure what to say) 〔因为难过或不知道该说什么而〕咬着嘴唇
 She paused uncertainly, biting her lip.
她犹豫着停了下来，咬着嘴唇。
2  INSECT/SNAKEinsect/snake 昆虫/蛇 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]MIHB to injure someone by making a hole in their skin 叮，蜇，咬 → sting
 I think I’ve been bitten.
我好像被什么东西咬了。
 The dog’s been badly bitten by fleas.
狗被跳蚤咬得很厉害。
3  NOT SLIPpress hard 用力挤压 [intransitiveI]HOLDSTICK if an object bites into a surface, it presses firmly into it and does not move or slip 卡紧，咬住，紧抓住〔某个表面〕
bite into
 The hooves of the galloping horses had bitten deep into the soft earth.
疾驰的马儿在松软的泥土里踏出了深深的蹄印。
 He wore boots that bit into the ice.
他穿了一双能卡住冰面的靴子。
4  HAVE AN EFFECTEFFECT/INFLUENCEeffect 效果 [intransitiveI] to start to have an unpleasant effect 开始出现不好的效果
 The new tobacco taxes have begun to bite.
新的烟草税已经开始产生不良效果。
bite into
 The recession is biting into the music industry.
经济衰退渐渐影响到了音乐行业。
5  accept 接受 [intransitiveI] to believe what someone tells you, or to buy something they are selling, especially when they have persuaded you to do this 〔尤指经说服〕接受，相信
 The new camcorders were withdrawn after consumers failed to bite.
因为不被消费者接受，这几款新型摄像机退出了市场。
6  FISHfish 鱼 [intransitiveI]HBF if a fish bites, it takes food from a hook and so gets caught 咬饵，上钩
 The fish just aren’t biting today.
今天鱼儿就是不咬饵。
7  bite your tongue SAYto stop yourself from saying what you really think, even though this is difficult 强忍住不说
 She should have bitten her tongue.
她应当忍住不说出来的。
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bite your tongue• Tell them to bite their tongues.• When he said he was the best on the team, I just bit my tongue.• But they want a pink one, so Ralph takes out a pink one, bites his tongue.• He's not and would be wise to bite his tongue.• It's all very well telling some one to bite their tongue and not fight back.• Whatever the reason, Dauntless bit his tongue and resolved to put up with Cleo Sinister.• She's so temperamental that even if you disagree with her it's better to bite your tongue and say nothing.• Always ready to knock on wood, throw salt over my shoulder, bite my tongue, cross my fingers.• I'm just biting my tongue for now. If she wants to ask my advice, she can.• Polly battled on, practically biting her tongue in half.• I had to bite my tongue to stop myself telling Neil exactly what I thought of his stupid plan.
8  bite the dust informal to die, fail, or be defeated 死；失败；被打败
 Italy’s championship hopes eventually bit the dust.
意大利队夺冠的希望最后化为了泡影。
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bite the dust• My old car's finally bitten the dust.• So what are you going to do, now that your favourite C64 action mag has bitten the dust?• The finale of Unforgiven is as much a tragedy for the survivors as for those who bite the dust.• Another good restaurant bites the dust -- end of story, right?• Half of all new restaurants bite the dust in the first year.• They bite the dust with lead in their bellies.
9  bite the bullet informalACCEPT to start dealing with an unpleasant or dangerous situation because you cannot avoid it any longer 硬着头皮，咬紧牙关应付
 I finally bit the bullet and left.
我最后还是硬着头皮走了。
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bite the bullet• If the Socialists win the election, they too will have to bite the bullet.• It means Labour biting the bullet.• So, this week, Priddle bit the bullet.• In the February issue I warned you that I was going to bite the bullet and buy a real computer.• It's not easy, but as a manager, sometimes you have to bite the bullet and fire people.• When fate marks you down for immortality you'd just better bite the bullet and lace your boots up tight.• A lot of companies had to bite the bullet and lay off a lot of their employees.• Shouldn't we bite the bullet now and legislate, as many are suggesting?
10. bite off more than you can chew MORE THAN something OR somebody ELSEto try to do more than you are able to do 不自量力
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bite off more than you can chew• Many kids who leave home to live alone find they have bitten off more than they can chew.
11  he/she won’t bite spokenFRIGHTENED used to say that there is no need to be afraid of someone, especially someone in authority 他/她又不会咬你〔用于表示不用害怕某人，尤指有权势的人〕
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he/she won’t bite• Well, go and ask him if he can help you - he won't bite!
12. what’s biting you/her etc? spokenUPSET used to ask why someone is annoyed or upset 你/她等有什么事不开心呢？
13. somebody/something bites spoken not polite used to say that you dislike someone or something very much or think that something is very bad 某事物/某人很讨厌
14. once bitten, twice shytwice shy once bitten used to say that if you have failed or been hurt once, you will be more careful next time 一回吃亏，两回学乖；一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
15. bite the hand that feeds you HARM/BE BAD FORto harm someone who has helped or supported you 恩将仇报；以怨报德
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bite the hand that feeds you• If I put my prices up, it's like biting the hand that feeds me - it's economic suicide.• It is hard to bite the hand that feeds you.• Somehow, without guidance and peer influence, cricketers are apt to bite the hand that feeds them.• They are not normally going to bite the hand that feeds them.• This appears to be a new version of biting the hand that feeds you.
16. be bitten by the showbiz/travel/flying etc bug INTERESTEDto develop a very strong interest in something 迷上娱乐业/旅行/飞行等
n17. Bite me! American EnglishAmE spoken informal used to show that you are offended by something someone has just said about you
18 bite back phrasal verbphr v 
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bite back• But the apple is biting back.• Her teeth sank into her bottom lip, biting back a cry, and she winced.• Unfortunately, the very live bat bit back, and Osbourne underwent a painful series of precautionary rabies injections.• She bit back on her irritation.• And biting back ... the Whitesnake man plays it again.• But she bit back the words.• She had the insane desire to tell all that to this man, but she bit back the words.
→ bite somebody’s head off at head1(33), → nail-biting
 THESAURUS
bite to use your teeth to cut, crush, or chew something 咬
The dog bit me!
这狗咬了我！
I sometimes bite my fingernails when I’m nervous.
我有时候紧张了就会咬指甲。
He bit into the apple.
他咬了一口苹果。
chew to keep biting something that is in your mouth 〔不停地〕嚼
Helen was chewing a piece of gum.
海伦嚼着口香糖。
He was chewing on a cigar.
他嚼着雪茄。
gnaw if an animal gnaws something, it bites it repeatedly 〔动物〕啃咬
The dog was in the yard gnawing on a bone.
那狗在院子里啃骨头。
nip somebody/give somebody a nip to give someone or something a small sharp bite 轻咬某人一口
When I took the hamster out of his cage, he nipped me.
我把仓鼠抓出笼子时，它咬了我一口。
nibble to take a lot of small bites from something 啃，一点点地咬
A fish nibbled at the bait.
一条鱼咬饵了。
She sat at her desk, nibbling her sandwich.
她坐在书桌前啃着三明治。
sink your teeth into somebody/something to bite someone or something with a lot of force, so that your teeth go right into them 狠狠地咬住某人/某物
The dog sank its teeth into my leg.
那条狗狠狠咬住我的腿。
nHe sank his teeth into the steak.
chomp on something informal to bite something and chew it in a noisy way 大声地嚼某物
The donkey was chomping on a carrot.
那头驴正咔嚓咔嚓地吃着胡萝卜。
nHe was chomping away on big slice of toast.
sting if an insect stings you, it makes a very small hole in your skin. You use sting about bees, wasps, and scorpions, and bite about mosquitoes, ants, spiders, and snakes 〔昆虫〕叮，刺，蜇〔蜜蜂、黄蜂、蝎子等用sting，蚊子、蚂蚁、蜘蛛、蛇等用bite〕
She stepped on a wasps’ nest and must have been stung at least 20 times.
她踩到一个黄蜂窝，至少被蜇了20下。
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bite• Cook noodles in medium pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite.• Don't worry about the dog - he won't bite.• The company withdraws its new products quickly if consumers fail to bite.• The workers were not scratched or bitten and have not been placed under quarantine.• She was bitten by a rattlesnake.• When he got to his feet again McAteer grabbed him and bit half his ear off.• She fought off her attacker, scratching and biting him.• Not two minutes in his company and she was biting his head off.• Even a friendly dog will bite if it's scared.• A shell tore through his back, shattering his shoulder and collarbone and biting into his spine.• I sometimes bite my fingernails when I'm nervous.• On just the second day of the trip, I was bitten on the leg by a snake.• Closed basins as deep as 135 feet were bitten out of the underlying basalt.• Barry bit the corner of the packet to open it.• This Katherine bites the heads off rag-dolls and threatens her sister Bianca with a pair of pinking shears.• It chews and bites the venom into its victims, generally small mammals and birds.• Taryn, stop biting your fingernails!
bite into/through/at/down• Gusts of freezing wind bite at exposed skin while stinging darts of cold assault gloved fingertips.• Still she felt that breeze ruffling her hair, biting at her nose.• A shell tore through his back, shattering his shoulder and collarbone and biting into his spine.• I nearly cracked a tooth biting into it.• He bit down on it, and the display began to supply proximity and ground contour information.• Still staring, he bit into the bread.• They avoid trouble at all times and only if they are cornered or pestered will they bite at their attackers.• I had to paint the gashes as soon as possible so that rust would not begin to bite into Wavebreaker's long sleekness.
bite into• Henry cracked a tooth biting into a piece of hard candy.• Earl picked up his sandwich and bit into it.• I felt something hard as I bit into the cake.• The ski's edge should bite into the snow.
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bite2 ●●● S3 noun  
1  WITH YOUR TEETHusing teeth 用牙齿 [countableC]BITE the act of cutting or crushing something with your teeth 咬
2  WOUNDwound 伤口 [countableC]MIBITE a small hole made where an animal or insect has bitten you 被咬[叮，蜇]的伤口
3  a bite (to eat) informalDFMEAL a small meal 简单的一餐
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a bite (to eat)• Would he care to stay on for a bite to eat?• Saguaros in bloom, the glare of a horned owl and javelinas rooting for a bite to eat.• I cheekily went across to a detached cottage and asked if it was possible to get a bite to eat.• Very often it is this rod that gets a bite.• Actually, he found it in the back of his throat, where it lodged after he took a bite.• I took a bite out of the sandwich.• Examples: Apple shows an apple, with a bite taken out of it.• Seligson withdrew his candidacy and wrote a biting letter to Harleston.
4  TASTEtaste 味道 [uncountableU]CT a pleasantly sharp taste 浓烈的味道
5  COLDcold 冷 [singular]DNCOLD a feeling of coldness 冷意，寒意
6  EFFECTIVENESSstrong effect 强烈的效果 [uncountableU]EFFECTIVE a special quality in a performance, piece of writing etc that makes its arguments very effective and likely to persuade people 〔表演、文章等的〕犀利，尖锐；感染力，说服力
7  FISHfish 鱼 [countableC]DSO when a fish takes the food from a hook 吞饵；上钩
8. another/a second bite at the cherry British EnglishBrECHANCE/OPPORTUNITY a second chance to do something 第二次机会
9  jaw 颌 [countableC usually singular] technical the way that a person or animal’s top and bottom teeth touch when their mouth is closed 〔上下牙齿的〕啮合，咬合
→ love bite, sound bite, → somebody’s bark is worse than their bite at bark2(4)
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bite• Would he care to stay on for a bite to eat?• Sometimes I sit for hours and never get a bite.• We'll have a bite then go into town.• The state will be taking a bite out of money earned from local traffic tickets• The barbecue sauce lacked heat and bite.• Animal bites should be treated immediately.• His bee bite, he noticed, was finally gone.• Profits of the Bisto-to-Mr-Kipling-cakes giant have nose-dived from £150m to just over £92m with big bites taken out of both bread and cakes.• Press harder and it becomes obvious that front-end bite and turn-in are actually very good.• Despite appearances, its bark is definitely worse than its bite.• We woke up to find ourselves covered in mosquito bites.• One bite of coffee cake that tasted like a syrupy old sponge and they knew better the next time.• There's just time for a quick bite to eat before the film begins.• He now takes bites from his lunch between smokes.• You can get Lyme disease from a tick bite.• After two bites I realised the apple was rotten.• a protest song with bite and wit
give somebody a bite• They can give a nasty bite.• Don't try to pet the parrot - he could give you a really nasty bite.• Perhaps the rumours of a final trial along these lines might give extra bite to the occasion.• You may reject tarantulas, in favour of otters, even though both are capable of giving a good bite.• As she walked down the corridor, she gave it that bit extra.
snake/ant etc bite• After half an hour or so, spent scratching mosquito bites, I head over to see him.• Especially in children who get mosquito bites which become large and irritating.• I asked Make-Up to give him a few mosquito bites but he refused point-blank.• My legs were covered in mosquito bites.• Their plight made me feel rather guilty about my concern over the mosquito bites on my face.• Human deaths from snake bites are caused mainly by accident.• In his magazine, he published formulas for animal manures and prescriptions for the cure of snake bites and malaria.• In spite of all we could do, several snakes died as a result of the ant bites.
get ... bite• His friend got bitten by a snake that was meant for Ray.• I got bitten by a rat.• Males that misread the body and facial postures of a potential mate get bitten or kicked.• Chubby, bubbly jazzman Fats Waller was among the first to really get bitten by the London bug.• We got bitten by small animals, by snakes.• If you get bitten by a spider and have these symptoms, call the doctor.• The more you get bitten, the stronger the allergic reaction.
From Longman Business Dictionary
bitebite /baɪt/ noun [countableC]COMPUTING
another spelling of BYTE
Origin bite1
Old English bitan
bite1 verb
→10-18

→THESAURUS1bite2 noun
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