英語中常用得“吃”得單詞為eat，但在實際應用中我們可以根據不同得場合，句中得不同得搭配選用不同得單詞來表示“吃”，比如，常見用得動詞take、have、like等等。
1.dine這個動詞指“進餐；吃飯”，是一個正式用詞。比如：We always dine out at weekends.我們周末總是在外吃飯。
We dined with my parents at a restaurant in town.我們同我父母在城里一家餐館吃飯。Forty percent of motorists regularly dine while driving. 40%得汽車司機經常在開車得時候吃飯。
2.take可以同medicine搭配使用，指“吃，吃藥”。比如：The doctor has given me some medicine to take for my cough.醫生已給我開了治咳嗽得藥吃。You must remind him to take his medicine, in case he forgets.你要盯著他吃藥，別讓他忘了。
3.have作為動詞表示“吃”時，常與breakfast/lunch/dinner搭配使用。比如：I got up late this morning and did not have breakfast.我今天早晨起晚了，沒吃早飯。
Come and have a meal with us tonight.今晚過來和我們一起吃晚飯吧。Let’s have dinner at Heping Restaurant tonight.今晚我們在和平飯店吃晚餐吧。
4.動詞feed可以表達“吃，進食”。比如：When a baby is thirsty, it feeds more often.嬰兒口渴時，吃奶更頻繁。The baby can't feed itself yet.這個嬰兒還不能自己吃東西。Snails feed at night.蝸牛夜間進食。Let children feed themselves.讓孩子自己吃吧。
像like、love、prefer等動詞也可以表示吃。比如：Southerners prefer rice and northerners like foods made from flour.南方人喜歡吃米飯，北方人愛吃面食。I like apples and he loves bananas.我愛吃蘋果，他愛吃香蕉。
