"eat one's words" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [英语]

Forms: eats one's words, eating one's words, ate one's words, eaten one's words
  1. 后悔说过的话,承认说过的话是错的 Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: zh-eat_one's_words-en-verb-5LR8HsNA Categories (other): 有使用例的英語詞, 有引文的英語詞, 英語引文翻譯請求
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (后悔): eat crow Synonyms (撤回): recant, take back, Thesaurus:recant
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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語動詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語謂語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eats one's words",
      "raw_tags": [
        "第三人稱單數簡單現在時"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eating one's words",
      "raw_tags": [
        "現在分詞"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ate one's words",
      "raw_tags": [
        "過去式"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eaten one's words",
      "raw_tags": [
        "過去分詞"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "英语",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "有使用例的英語詞",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "有引文的英語詞",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "英語引文翻譯請求",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He didn't think I could do it, but I proved him wrong and made him eat his words.",
          "translation": "他觉得我做不到,但我证明他错了,让他收回了自己的话。"
        },
        {
          "text": "This time, you have to eat your words, because, like it or not, you lost.",
          "translation": "这次你说错了,因为不管你服不服气,你输了。"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1936, F.J. Thwaites, 章號 II, 出自 The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards,第 16 頁:",
          "text": "\"Better retract that,\" she advised, \"hadn't you?\" \"Why should I?\" \"Because if you're stupid enough to remain in Bombay, I'll make you eat your words one day.\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "后悔说过的话,承认说过的话是错的"
      ],
      "id": "zh-eat_one's_words-en-verb-5LR8HsNA",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "后悔",
      "word": "eat crow"
    },
    {
      "sense": "撤回",
      "word": "recant"
    },
    {
      "sense": "撤回",
      "word": "take back"
    },
    {
      "sense": "撤回",
      "word": "Thesaurus:recant"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eat one's words"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "英語動詞",
    "英語詞元",
    "英語謂語"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eats one's words",
      "raw_tags": [
        "第三人稱單數簡單現在時"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eating one's words",
      "raw_tags": [
        "現在分詞"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ate one's words",
      "raw_tags": [
        "過去式"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eaten one's words",
      "raw_tags": [
        "過去分詞"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "英语",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "有使用例的英語詞",
        "有引文的英語詞",
        "英語引文翻譯請求"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He didn't think I could do it, but I proved him wrong and made him eat his words.",
          "translation": "他觉得我做不到,但我证明他错了,让他收回了自己的话。"
        },
        {
          "text": "This time, you have to eat your words, because, like it or not, you lost.",
          "translation": "这次你说错了,因为不管你服不服气,你输了。"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1936, F.J. Thwaites, 章號 II, 出自 The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards,第 16 頁:",
          "text": "\"Better retract that,\" she advised, \"hadn't you?\" \"Why should I?\" \"Because if you're stupid enough to remain in Bombay, I'll make you eat your words one day.\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "后悔说过的话,承认说过的话是错的"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "后悔",
      "word": "eat crow"
    },
    {
      "sense": "撤回",
      "word": "recant"
    },
    {
      "sense": "撤回",
      "word": "take back"
    },
    {
      "sense": "撤回",
      "word": "Thesaurus:recant"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eat one's words"
}

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