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VERB
咬；咬傷
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.
例句
Both sisters bit their nails as children...
兩姐妹都像小孩兒一樣咬指甲。
He bit into his sandwich...
他咬了一口他的三明治。
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N-COUNT
（尤指對食物的）咬
A bite of something, especially food, is the action of biting it.
例句
He took another bite of apple...
他又咬了一口蘋果。
You cannot eat a bun in one bite.
你不能一口吃下一個面包。
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N-SING
一點兒食物
If you have a bite to eat, you have a small meal or a snack.
例句
It was time to go home for a little rest and a bite to eat.
該回家休息一會兒，吃一點兒東西了。
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VERB
咬；叮
If a snake or a small insect bites you, it makes a mark or hole in your skin, and often causes the surrounding area of your skin to become painful or itchy.
例句
When an infected mosquito bites a human, spores are injected into the blood...
感染病毒的蚊子叮咬人之后，孢子便被注入血液中。
We were all badly bitten by mosquitoes.
我們都被蚊子咬慘了。
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N-COUNT
（被叮、咬后留下的）傷口，包
A bite is an injury or a mark on your body where an animal, snake, or small insect has bitten you.
例句
Any dog bite, no matter how small, needs immediate medical attention.
被狗咬后，不管傷口多小，都必須立即就醫。
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VERB
產生嚴重（或不良）影響
When an action or policy begins to bite, it begins to have a serious or harmful effect.
例句
As the sanctions begin to bite there will be more political difficulties ahead...
隨著制裁開始產生嚴重的負面影響，政治上將面臨更多的困難。
The recession started biting deeply into British industry.
經濟蕭條開始對英國的工業產生嚴重影響。
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VERB
碾軋；切割；陷入
If an object bites into a surface, it presses hard against it or cuts into it.
例句
There may even be some wire or nylon biting into the flesh...
甚至可能有一些金屬絲或者尼龍線勒到肉里。
The car's tires bit loudly on the rutted snow in the street.
汽車輪子碾入街道上布滿車轍的雪里，發出很大的聲響。
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N-UNCOUNT
（食物或酒的）濃郁味道，辛辣味
If you say that a food or drink has bite, you like it because it has a strong or sharp taste.
例句
...the addition of tartaric acid to give the wine some bite.
為增加紅酒的口感而加入酒石酸
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N-SING
寒冷；刺骨
If the air or the wind has a bite, it feels very cold.
例句
There was a bite in the air, a smell perhaps of snow.
空氣非常寒冷，似乎有雪的味道。
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N-UNCOUNT
（表演、文章等的）犀利，感染力
If something such as a performance or a piece of writing has bite, it is exciting or effective.
例句
The teams have that extra bite when they are playing against their neighbours...
這幾支隊伍與其鄰近地區隊伍交手時銳氣更盛。
The novel seems to lack bite and tension—even passion.
這部小說乏善可陳，沒有緊張的情節——甚至缺少激情。
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VERB
上鉤；咬鉤；吞餌
If a fish bites when you are fishing, it takes the hook or bait at the end of your fishing line in its mouth.
例句
After half an hour, the fish stopped biting and we moved on.
半個小時以后，魚兒不再咬鉤了，我們只好換地方。
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N-COUNT
少許；少量；小部分
A bite of something is a small part or amount of it.
例句
...bites of conversation.
談話的片段
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PHRASE
恩將仇報；以怨報德；忘恩負義
If someone bites the hand that feeds them, they behave badly or in an ungrateful way towards someone who they depend on.
例句
She may be cynical about the film industry, but ultimately she has no intention of biting the hand that feeds her.
她對電影業可能有些懷疑失望，但終究沒有恩將仇報之意。
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PHRASE
大發雷霆；亂發火兒
If someone speaks or replies to you angrily, and you think they are being unfair or reacting too strongly, you can say that they bite your head off .
例句
Whenever possible, suggest she talks about it but be aware she may bite your head off for your trouble.
找機會建議她談談這事兒，但是小心她可能會因為你多事兒而大發雷霆。
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PHRASE
隱忍不言；繃緊嘴巴
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.
例句
I must learn to bite my lip...
我必須學會不亂說話。
He bit his tongue as he found himself on the point of saying 'follow that car'.
他想說“跟上那輛車”，話到嘴邊又咽了回去。
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PHRASE
抽出一部分，拿出一部分（錢）
If something takes a bite out of a sum of money, part of the money is spent or taken away in order to pay for it.
例句
Local taxes are going to be taking a bigger bite out of people's income than they ever have before.
地方稅收在人們收入中的比重將超過以往任何時候。