overeater

overeater — 動詞

1. to put more food into your stomach than your body needs or can comfortably handl

1.動詞不及物B2
釋義

吃太多；暴食

一次進食超過身體所需的份量

to put more food into your stomach than your body needs or can comfortably handle, especially during a single meal.

例句

Bilal always overeats at his grandmother's Eid dinner because the table is covered in his favourite dishes.

Bilal 在祖母的開齋節晚宴上總是吃太多，因為餐桌上擺滿了他最愛的菜色。

overeat at [meal/event] — typical complement

Many people overeat during the holiday season and gain a few extra kilos by January.

很多人在過節期間吃太多，到了一月就胖了好幾公斤。

common time-frame collocation: overeat during [period]

同義詞
  • overindulge

    broader — applies to drink, food, or any pleasure; slightly formal.

  • stuff oneself

    informal; emphasises the physical fullness rather than the health angle.

  • gorge

    stronger — suggests rapid, almost greedy eating, often on one specific food.

反義詞
  • undereat

    eat noticeably less than the body needs; less common than 'overeat'.

文法句型

overeat at [meal/event]

overeat on [food]

用法筆記

Subject is usually a person (or group of people); object is rare — the verb is normally intransitive, with the food specified by 'on' (overeat on chocolate) and the occasion by 'at' or 'during' (overeat at dinner / during the holidays).

常見錯誤

❌I overate too much pizza last night.
✅I ate too much pizza last night.' OR 'I overate at the pizza party last night.
💡'overeat' already means 'eat too much', so adding 'too much' is redundant; use 'on' for the food or rephrase with plain 'eat too much'.
❌He overeated yesterday.
✅He overate yesterday.
💡irregular past tense follows 'eat': eat/ate, overeat/overate, overeaten.