On the Grammarization of the Passive Marker Chi in Contemporarily Chinese;
近代汉语被动标记“吃”的语法化
The Comparison of "VN Construction" Between Chinese and English——A Research Based on "Chi/eat-N Construction" in the Corpora;
汉语“动名构造”与英语“VN构造”的对比——一项基于语料库“吃/eat构造”的对比研究
On the Metaphorical Characteristic of Thinking and Economy of Language from the Perspective of V-O-Structured Expressions Beginning with " chi";
从“吃”开头的VO式词语看思维的隐喻性与语言的经济性
How Busy To Make a Living——On" Eating" in Old Tales Retold;
“偏是谋生忙”——漫谈《故事新编》中的“吃”
Analysis of eating metaphors from a cognitive perspective;
从认知视角分析“吃”的隐喻
The study of linguistic data shows that many Chinese metaphors and metonymies of "eating"are relevant to sensory motors,namely:sense of sight,sense of taste,sense of touch,and sense of smell.
研究了汉语"吃"的隐喻和转喻的认知模式和特点。
help yourself to sth:
请吃……，吃点……
Little eat meat, and eats the vegetables more.
少吃肉，多吃蔬菜。
Sheep live on grass and babies live on milk.
羊吃草，婴儿吃奶。
Eat the noodles. Eat the rice. Eat the chicken. Eat the beef.
吃面条。吃米饭。吃鸡肉。吃牛肉。
Eating and scratching wants But a Beginning.
越吃越想吃，越搔越想搔。
Eating ice cream, eating ice cream.
吃冰淇淋，吃冰淇淋。
be surprised at
对(听到)…感到吃惊，吃惊地…
But do cats eat bats, I wonder?'
可是猫吃不吃蝙蝠呢？”
I want something good,
我想要吃好吃的东西，
Try some ice cream, it's very delicious.
吃些冰淇淋吧，很好吃的。
Come on. Help yourself to some salmons. It's tasty.
来，吃点儿鲑鱼，很好吃的。
Eat away children, you're welcome to all you want
吃吧，孩子们，尽情地吃吧。
The axe strikes the chisel strikes the wood
斧头吃凿子凿子吃木头
I can eat neither tripe nor liver.
我既不吃肚也不吃肝。
I can't eat either tripe or liver.
我不吃肚也不吃肝。
She eats only vegetables and abstains from eating meat.
她光吃青菜, 不吃肉。
Yummy! Yummy! It tastes delicious.
好吃，好吃！味道好极了。
The food's ready, so dig in!
吃的弄好了, 放量吃罢!