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VERB
咬；咬伤
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...
两姐妹都像小孩儿一样咬指甲。
He bit into his sandwich...
他咬了一口他的三明治。
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N-COUNT
（尤指对食物的）咬
A bite of something, especially food, is the action of biting it.
例句
He took another bite of apple...
他又咬了一口苹果。
You cannot eat a bun in one bite.
你不能一口吃下一个面包。
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N-SING
一点儿食物
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.
该回家休息一会儿，吃一点儿东西了。
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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.
我们都被蚊子咬惨了。
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N-COUNT
（被叮、咬后留下的）伤口，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，不管伤口多小，都必须立即就医。
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VERB
产生严重（或不良）影响
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...
随着制裁开始产生严重的负面影响，政治上将面临更多的困难。
The recession started biting deeply into British industry.
经济萧条开始对英国的工业产生严重影响。
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VERB
碾轧；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...
甚至可能有一些金属丝或者尼龙线勒到肉里。
The car's tires bit loudly on the rutted snow in the street.
汽车轮子碾入街道上布满车辙的雪里，发出很大的声响。
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N-UNCOUNT
（食物或酒的）浓郁味道，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.
为增加红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.
空气非常寒冷，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...
这几支队伍与其邻近地区队伍交手时锐气更盛。
The novel seems to lack bite and tension—even passion.
这部小说乏善可陈，没有紧张的情节——甚至缺少激情。
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VERB
上钩；咬钩；吞饵
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.
半个小时以后，鱼儿不再咬钩了，我们只好换地方。
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N-COUNT
少许；少量；小部分
A bite of something is a small part or amount of it.
例句
...bites of conversation.
谈话的片段
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PHRASE
恩将仇报；以怨报德；忘恩负义
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.
她对电影业可能有些怀疑失望，但终究没有恩将仇报之意。
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PHRASE
大发雷霆；乱发火儿
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.
找机会建议她谈谈这事儿，但是小心她可能会因为你多事儿而大发雷霆。
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PHRASE
隐忍不言；绷紧嘴巴
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...
我必须学会不乱说话。
He bit his tongue as he found himself on the point of saying 'follow that car'.
他想说“跟上那辆车”，话到嘴边又咽了回去。
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PHRASE
抽出一部分，拿出一部分（钱）
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.
地方税收在人们收入中的比重将超过以往任何时候。
Noun
1. a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
2. a small amount of solid food; a mouthful;
"all they had left was a bit of bread"3. a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
4. a light informal meal
5. (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait;
"after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite"6. wit having a sharp and caustic quality;
"he commented with typical pungency""the bite of satire"7. a strong odor or taste property;
"the pungency of mustard""the sulfurous bite of garlic""the sharpness of strange spices"8. the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
9. a portion removed from the whole;
"the government's weekly bite from my paycheck"Verb
1. to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws;
"Gunny invariably tried to bite her"2. cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort;
"The sun burned his face"3. penetrate or cut, as with a knife;
"The fork bit into the surface"4. deliver a sting to;
"A bee stung my arm yesterday"