英語(yǔ)中常用得“吃”得單詞為eat,但在實(shí)際應(yīng)用中我們可以根據(jù)不同得場(chǎng)合,句中得不同得搭配選用不同得單詞來(lái)表示“吃”,比如,常見(jiàn)用得動(dòng)詞take、have、like等等。
1.dine這個(gè)動(dòng)詞指“進(jìn)餐;吃飯”,是一個(gè)正式用詞。比如:We always dine out at weekends.我們周末總是在外吃飯。
We dined with my parents at a restaurant in town.我們同我父母在城里一家餐館吃飯。Forty percent of motorists regularly dine while driving. 40%得汽車司機(jī)經(jīng)常在開(kāi)車得時(shí)候吃飯。
2.take可以同medicine搭配使用,指“吃,吃藥”。比如:The doctor has given me some medicine to take for my cough.醫(yī)生已給我開(kāi)了治咳嗽得藥吃。You must remind him to take his medicine, in case he forgets.你要盯著他吃藥,別讓他忘了。
3.have作為動(dòng)詞表示“吃”時(shí),常與breakfast/lunch/dinner搭配使用。比如:I got up late this morning and did not have breakfast.我今天早晨起晚了,沒(méi)吃早飯。
Come and have a meal with us tonight.今晚過(guò)來(lái)和我們一起吃晚飯吧。Let’s have dinner at Heping Restaurant tonight.今晚我們?cè)诤推斤埖瓿酝聿桶伞?/p>
4.動(dòng)詞feed可以表達(dá)“吃,進(jìn)食”。比如:When a baby is thirsty, it feeds more often.嬰兒口渴時(shí),吃奶更頻繁。The baby can't feed itself yet.這個(gè)嬰兒還不能自己吃東西。Snails feed at night.蝸牛夜間進(jìn)食。Let children feed themselves.讓孩子自己吃吧。
像like、love、prefer等動(dòng)詞也可以表示吃。比如:Southerners prefer rice and northerners like foods made from flour.南方人喜歡吃米飯,北方人愛(ài)吃面食。I like apples and he loves bananas.我愛(ài)吃蘋果,他愛(ài)吃香蕉。