bite

英 [baɪt]      美 [baɪt]
  • vt. 咬;刺痛
  • n. 咬;一口;咬伤;刺痛
  • vi. 咬;刺痛
  • abbr. 机内测试设备(Built-In Test Equipment)
  • n. (Bite)人名;(匈)比泰
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来自PIE *bheid, 咬,撕,词源同bit, boat.

bite
bite: [OE] The Old English verb bītan came from prehistoric Germanic *bītan, which also produced German beissen and Dutch bijten. The short-vowel version of the base, *bit-, was the source of bit, beetle, and probably bitter, and is also represented in various non-Germanic forms, such as Latin fidere ‘split’ (from which English gets fission). Bait came via Old Norse from a causal usage, ‘cause to bite’, and passed via Old French into abet (the possible source of bet).
=> beetle, bit, bitter, fission
bite (v.)
Old English bitan (class I strong verb; past tense bat, past participle biten), from Proto-Germanic *bitan (cognates: Old Saxon bitan, Old Norse and Old Frisian bita, Middle Dutch biten, Dutch bijten, German beissen, Gothic beitan "to bite"), from PIE root *bheid- "to split, crack" (see fissure).

To bite the bullet is said to be 1700s military slang, from old medical custom of having the patient bite a lead bullet during an operation to divert attention from pain and reduce screaming. Figurative use from 1891; the custom itself attested from 1840s. To bite (one's) tongue "refrain from speaking" is 1590s. To bite the dust "die" is 1750 (Latin had the same image; compare Virgil's procubuit moriens et humum semel ore momordit). To bite off more than one can chew (c. 1880) is U.S. slang, from plug tobacco.
bite (n.)
c. 1200, from bite (v).
1. Wendy popped in for a quick bite to eat on Monday night.
温迪周一晚上过来匆匆吃了点儿饭。
2. I struck it away and got a bite on my forearm.
我把它打跑了,但小臂被咬了一口。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. I had to bite back a yelp of surprise.
我只好强忍住,没惊叫出来。

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