eating
eating — 形容詞
1. designed to be used when a person eats food
食用
用餐時使用的
designed to be used when a person eats food
Sana set the table with clean plates, bowls, and eating utensils.
Sana 擺好餐桌，放上乾淨的盤子、碗和食用餐具。
collocation: eating utensils
The restaurant had a separate eating area for families with young children.
那間餐廳設有獨立的用餐區，方便帶年幼孩子的家庭使用。
collocation: eating area
These chopsticks are eating chopsticks, not the longer ones used for cooking.
這些是食用筷子，不是做菜用的長筷子。
The baby's high chair came with a plastic eating tray that was easy to clean.
嬰兒高腳椅附有一個容易清潔的塑膠食用托盤。
- cooking
cooking utensils are used to prepare food; eating utensils are used to consume it
文法句型
eating + noun
用法筆記
Attributive only — this sense always appears directly before a noun describing an object or space used during meals.
常見錯誤
2. grown or sold to be eaten without being cooked first; used to describe a food va
可生食
適合直接吃的
grown or sold to be eaten without being cooked first; used to describe a food variety that is intended for raw consumption
These are eating apples, so they taste much sweeter than cooking apples.
這些是可生食蘋果，吃起來比烹飪用蘋果甜得多。
contrast: eating apple vs cooking apple
The market sells both eating grapes and wine grapes.
市場同時販售可生食葡萄和釀酒葡萄。
Joshua checked the label to see if the almonds were eating almonds or baking almonds.
Joshua 檢查標籤，看看這些杏仁是可生食品種還是烘焙專用的。
Some corn varieties are eating corn, soft enough to enjoy raw in salads.
有些玉米品種是可生食玉米，口感軟嫩，適合直接加進沙拉裡。
- cooking
cooking apples and cooking grapes are varieties intended to be cooked or processed
文法句型
eating + noun (type of food)
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense adj/1 (FOR EATING): this sense applies to types of food, not to objects or spaces. The contrast is typically between a variety eaten raw (eating apple) and one intended for cooking (cooking apple).
常見錯誤
eating — 名詞
1. the activity of taking food into the mouth and swallowing it, especially when co
進食；吃
吃東西的行為
the activity of taking food into the mouth and swallowing it, especially when considered as a regular part of life or as a health-related behaviour
After the surgery, eating solid food was difficult for Christopher.
手術後，Christopher 很難進食固體食物。
The doctor told Sayaka that healthy eating could lower her blood pressure.
醫生告訴 Sayaka，健康飲食有助於降低她的血壓。
collocation: healthy eating
The children's eating habits improved when the school started serving fresh vegetables.
學校開始提供新鮮蔬菜後，孩子們的飲食習慣改善了。
Mindful eating means paying attention to every bite instead of rushing through a meal.
正念飲食指的是注意每一口的感受，而不是匆忙吃完一頓飯。
The nutritionist talked to Élise about the importance of eating at regular times each day.
營養師和 Élise 談到了在固定時間進食的重要性。
- consumption
more formal; used in scientific or medical contexts (food consumption)
- feeding
used for babies or animals rather than for adult humans
- dining
more formal; emphasises the social or leisurely aspect of a meal
- fasting
the practice of not eating for a period of time
文法句型
eating + noun (compound)
adjective + eating
用法筆記
Often used in compound nouns (eating habits, eating disorder, eating schedule) and with adjectives describing a type of diet (healthy eating, mindful eating, emotional eating).
常見錯誤
2. used in fixed expressions to say that the true quality or value of something can
親身驗證
唯有親自嘗試才能判斷
used in fixed expressions to say that the true quality or value of something can only be judged by trying or experiencing it directly
The new software looks good in advertisements, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
那套新軟體的廣告看起來很不錯，但布丁好不好吃，吃了才知道。
fixed expression: proof of the pudding is in the eating
Apinya decided to try the recipe herself — after all, the proof is in the eating.
Apinya 決定親自試做那道食譜——畢竟，要親自嚐過才能驗證。
shorter variant: proof is in the eating
The hotel claims to offer the best service, but the proof is in the eating, as Mert soon discovered.
那家旅館號稱提供最好的服務，但好不好要親身經歷才知道，Mert 很快就發現了。
The new café looks lovely, but the proof is in the eating — Talia goes tomorrow.
那家新咖啡館看起來很舒適，但好不好要親自體驗才知道——Talia 明天就去。
- the proof is in the pudding
alternative shorter form of the same proverb
文法句型
the proof is in the eating
the proof of the pudding is in the eating
用法筆記
This sense is only used in the fixed proverb 'the proof of the pudding is in the eating' or its shorter form 'the proof is in the eating'. The 'pudding' version is the original and more formal; the shorter form is more common in everyday speech.