잡아먹다

Verb

1. 1

   kill and eat; butcher and eat

   To kill and eat an animal.

   Korean definition: 동물을 죽여서 먹다.

   • 동물 다큐멘터리에서 사자가 토끼를 잡아먹는 장면이 나오고 있었다.

     An animal documentary was showing a scene of a lion catching and eating a rabbit.

   • 우리 동네 사람들은 마을에 잔치가 있으면 기르던 돼지를 잡아먹곤 했다.

     Whenever there was a feast in the village, people in our neighborhood would butcher and eat a pig they had raised.

2. 2

   tease; nag

   To pester or harass someone.

   Korean definition: 남을 몹시 괴롭히거나 못살게 굴다.

   • 지수는 짝이 하도 자기를 놀리고 잡아먹으려 해서 학교에 가기가 싫었다.

     Jisu didn't want to go to school because her desk mate kept teasing her and picking on her.

   • 부장님이 늘 그를 찾아 혼낼 궁리를 하는 걸 보면 정말 잡아먹지 못해 안달이 난 것 같았다.

     Seeing how the department head always looks for ways to scold him, he really seemed itching to eat him alive.

3. 3

   use; take up

   To waste time, resource, space, etc.

   Korean definition: 시간, 자원, 공간 등을 낭비하다.

   • 작은 집에 큰 에어컨을 들여놓으면 쓸데없이 전기세만 잡아먹는다.

     Putting a big air conditioner in a small house just eats up electricity bills for nothing.

   • 세일을 한다고 해서 백화점에 갔지만 차비와 시간만 잡아먹고 아무 것도 못 샀다.

     I went to the department store because there was a sale, but it only ate up bus fare and time, and I couldn't buy anything.