put the bite on
咬紧牙关,咬住不放,咬牙切齿,咬咬牙
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bit, bit·ten or bit, bit·ing.
- : to cut, wound, or tear with the teeth: She bit the apple greedily. The lion bit his trainer.
- : to grip or hold with the teeth: Stop biting your lip!
- : to sting, as does an insect.
- : to cause to smart or sting: an icy wind that bit our faces.
- : to sever with the teeth: Don't bite your nails. The child bit off a large piece of the candy bar.
- : to start to eat: She bit into her steak.
- : to clamp the teeth firmly on or around: He bit hard on the stick while they removed the bullet from his leg.
- : Informal. to take advantage of; cheat; deceive: I got bitten in a mail-order swindle.to annoy or upset; anger: What's biting you, sorehead?
- : to eat into or corrode, as does an acid.
- : to cut or pierce with, or as with, a weapon: The sword split his helmet and bit him fatally.
- : Etching. to etch with acid in such parts as are left bare of a protective coating.
- : to take firm hold or act effectively on: We need a clamp to bite the wood while the glue dries.
- : Archaic. to make a decided impression on; affect.
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bit, bit·ten or bit, bit·ing.
- : to press the teeth into something; attack with the jaws, bill, sting, etc.; snap: Does your parrot bite?
- : Angling. to take bait: The fish aren't biting today.
- : to accept an offer or suggestion, especially one intended to trick or deceive: I knew it was a mistake, but I bit anyway.
- : Informal. to admit defeat in guessing: I'll bite, who is it?
- : to act effectively; grip; hold: This wood is so dry the screws don't bite.
- : Slang. to be notably repellent, disappointing, poor, etc.; suck.
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- : an act of biting.
- : a wound made by biting: a deep bite.
- : a cutting, stinging, or nipping effect: the bite of an icy wind; the bite of whiskey on the tongue.
- : a piece bitten off: Chew each bite carefully.
- : a small meal: Let's have a bite before the theater.
- : a portion severed from the whole: the government's weekly bite of my paycheck.
- : a morsel of food: not a bite to eat.
- : the occlusion of one's teeth: The dentist said I had a good bite.
- : Machinery. the catch or hold that one object or one part of a mechanical apparatus has on another.a surface brought into contact to obtain a hold or grip, as in a lathe chuck or similar device.the amount of material that a mechanical shovel or the like can carry at one time.
- : sharpness; incisiveness; effectiveness: The bite of his story is spoiled by his slovenly style.
- : the roughness of the surface of a file.
- : Metalworking. the maximum angle, measured from the center of a roll in a rolling mill, between a perpendicular and a line to the point of contact where a given object to be rolled will enter between the rolls.
Phrases
- bite off more than one can chew
- bite one's nails
- bite one's tongue
- bite someone's head off
- bite the bullet
- bite the dust
- bite the hand that feeds you
- bark is worse than one's bite
- put the bite on
- sound bite
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
If I’m looking at an enterprise size ecommerce site, I like to approach this in bite size pieces rather than tackling the entire site at the same time.
The discovery raises the possibility that caecilians may be the first amphibians found capable of delivering a venomous bite.
Scientists waiting with forceps and a razor on a lab rooftop tried to mimic bee activity in real time, bite by bite, on comparison plants.
Ancient relatives of today’s anchovies once had quite the bite.
People really need to understand that they need to do something, do it regularly, and it’s okay to take it in small bites.
Leapolitan responded by saying, “hopefully youll [sic] bite into a poison apple.”
One bite too many, and I could look down and practically see my thighs expanding before my eyes.
Taking a bite out of it made me feel like I was at a family bris… in a good, nostalgic way.
She has this little bit of a bite to her and a fight within her that does come through in little moments.
As soon as she took a bite of the apple, she fell to the ground and was dead.
Woe to the man that first did teach the cursed steel to bite in his own flesh, and make way to the living spirit.
But if people will insist on patting a strange poet, they mustn't be surprised if they get a nasty bite!
At noon we camped, and cooked a bite of dinner while the horses grazed; ate it, and went on again.
The insects frequently hibernate in warmed houses, and may bite during the winter.
He showed his rows of little, straight, white teeth, which looked strong enough to bite through a bar of iron.