diet1
  
  
	      			KK: [ˈdaɪǝt]
	      			DJ: [ˈdaiǝt]
  
    n.
    
      - 飲食,食物[C][U]
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Their 
diet chiefly consists of grain and vegetables.
他們的飲食主要是穀類和蔬菜。
 
      - (適合某種疾病的)特種飲食[C]
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No chocolate, please. I'm on a 
diet.
請不要放巧克力,我在節食。
 
    
    vt.
    
      - 給(病人)指定飲食
 
    
    vi.
    
      - 進規定的飲食;忌食;節食
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She is 
dieting to lose weight.
她在節食以減肥。
 
    
   
  片語
  
    go/be on a diet
    
      - 節食
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I mustn't have too much potato because I
'm now 
on a diet.
我不能吃太多的馬鈴薯,因為我正在節食。
 
    
   
  辨析
  
 
  
    
diet2
  
  
	      			KK: [ˈdaɪǝt]
	      			DJ: [ˈdaiǝt]
  
    n.
    
      - (有時大寫)(丹麥,日本等的)議會,國會[C]
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The 
Diet is now sitting.
國會現在在會期中。
 
    
   
  辨析
  
 
  
    
diet1
  
  n.
  - the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats.
 - a special course of food to which a person restricts themselves to lose weight or for medical reasons. 
▸
[as modifier]
 (of food or drink) with reduced fat or sugar content.
 
v.
 (diets, dieting, dieted)
 restrict oneself to a special diet to lose weight.
 
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. diete (n.), dieter (v.), via L. from Gk diaita ‘a way of life’.
 
  
    
diet2
  
  n.
  - a legislative assembly in certain countries. 
▸historical a regular meeting of the states of a confederation.
 - Scots Law  a meeting or session of a court.
 
 
  Etymology
  ME: from med. L. dieta ‘day's work, wages’.