Tra từ bite - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

bite [bite bites bit biting bitten] verb, noun BrE [baɪt] NAmE [baɪt]
verb (bitBrE [bɪt] ; NAmE [bɪt] , bit·tenBrE [ˈbɪtn] ; NAmE [ˈbɪtn] )

USE TEETH
1. intransitive, transitive to use your teeth to cut into or through sth
• Does your dog bite?
• Come here! I won't bite! (= you don't need to be afraid)
•~ into/through sth She bit into a ripe juicy pear.
•~ sb/sth She was bitten by the family dog.
•Stop biting your nails!
•~ off sth/sth off He bit off a large chunk of bread/He bit a large chunk of bread off.

OF INSECT/SNAKE
2. intransitive, transitive to wound sb by making a small hole or mark in their skin
• Most European spiders don't bite.
•~ sb We were badly bitten by mosquitoes.

OF FISH
3. intransitive if a fish bites, it takes food from the hook of a ↑fishing line and may get caught

HAVE EFFECT
4. intransitive to have an unpleasant effect
•The recession is beginning to bite.
more at the hair of the dog that bit you at ↑hair, bite/snap sb's head off at ↑head _n., once bitten twice shy at ↑once _adv.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English bītan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bijten and German beissen.

Thesaurus:
bite verb I, T
•She bit into a ripe, juicy pear.
chew • • munch • • crunch • • nibble • • gnaw •
bite/chew/munch/crunch/gnaw through sth
bite/chew/munch/crunch/nibble on sth
bite/chew/munch/nibble/gnaw at sth

Example Bank:
•After two cold months, the coal shortage was beginning to bite.
•As the recession bites harder, many small companies are going bankrupt.
•He bit at his lower lip.
•He bit off a chunk of bread.
•She bit down on her bottom lip.
•She bit into the apple.
•The dog had bitten right through its rope.
•The handcuffs bit deep into his wrist.
•Their cat was badly bitten by a dog.
•She was bitten by the dog.
•Stop biting your nails.
Idioms: ↑bite at the cherry ▪ ↑bite off more than you can chew ▪ ↑bite the bullet ▪ ↑bite the dust ▪ ↑bite the hand that feeds you ▪ ↑bite your lip ▪ ↑bite your tongue ▪ ↑bitten by something
Derived: ↑bite back ▪ ↑bite into something ▪ ↑bite something back

noun

USING TEETH
1. countable an act of biting
• The dog gave me a playful bite.
• He has to wear a brace to correct his bite (= the way the upper and lower teeth fit together).

FOOD
2. countable a small piece of food that you can bite from a larger piece
• She took a couple of bites of the sandwich.
• He didn't eat a bite of his dinner (= he ate nothing).
3. a ~ (to eat) singular (informal)a small amount of food; a small meal
•How about a bite of lunch?
•We just have time for a bite to eat before the movie.

OF INSECT/ANIMAL
4. countable a wound made by an animal or insect
• Dog bites can get infected.
•a mosquito/snake bite

STRONG TASTE
5. uncountable a pleasant strong taste
• Cheese will add extra bite to any pasta dish.

COLD
6. singular a sharp cold feeling
•There's a bite in the air tonight.

POWERFUL EFFECT
7. uncountable a quality that makes sth effective or powerful
•The performance had no bite to it.
•The sun had lost some of its bite by then.

OF FISH
8. countable the act of a fish biting food on a hook
•The fishermen waited all afternoon for a bite.
see also ↑frostbite, ↑love bite, ↑sound bite
more at sb's bark is worse than their bite at ↑bark _n.

Word Origin:
Old English bītan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bijten and German beissen.

Example Bank:
•I got a lot of mosquito bites last night.
•I took a bite from the apple.
•She took a bite out of the slab of cake.
•She tried to talk between bites.
•We managed to grab a bite at the airport.
•We managed to grab a bite at the theatre before the show started.
•We'll have a bite to eat in town.
•a bite from a poisonous snake
•a quick bite of lunch
•She took a huge bite out of the chocolate bar.