eat someone alive

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To consume a prey animal that is still alive, as many predators do.
    — "This's nuts," his father said, but he spoke hollowly, with no strength. "If you go wandering around out there, you'll be eaten alive." "No more than the coyote ate me alive when I got out of the cell," David said. "The danger isn't if I go out there; it's if we all stay in here."
  2. To consume a prey animal that is still alive, as many predators do.; To bite repeatedly. informal
    — You may find that in June it rains so hard the streets are filled with a foot of mud and the mosquitoes eat people alive, but in October the place is beautiful.
  3. To overwhelm or consume someone. informal
    — She shook her head wearily, the guilt eating her alive.
  4. To criticize harshly or rebuke strongly. informal
    — However, the album never even made it onto the record charts, and the critics ate her alive.

词形变化

eats someone alive present,singular,third-person eating someone alive participle,present ate someone alive past eaten someone alive participle,past
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