新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

feed

英 [fiːd]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

feeds
1. [C, U 有变体名词] 饲料
Animal feed is food given to animals, especially farm animals.
双语例句
例：
The grain just rotted and all they could use it for was animal feed.
这些谷物都腐烂了，他们只能将它用作动物饲料。

VERB. 动词

feeds , feeding , fed
1. [I 不及物动词] 喂养
If you feed a person or animal, you give them food to eat and sometimes actually put it in their mouths.
双语例句
例：
We brought along pieces of old bread and fed the birds.
我们带了几片陈面包来喂鸟。
2. [T 及物动词] 为…提供食物
To feed a family or a community means to supply food for them.
双语例句
例：
Feeding a hungry family can be expensive.
为饥肠辘辘的一家人张罗食物要花不少钱。
3. [I 不及物动词] （动物）进食
When an animal feeds, it eats or drinks something.
双语例句
例：
After a few days the caterpillars stopped feeding.
几天后毛虫停止了进食。
4. [I 不及物动词] 给（婴儿）喂奶 , （婴儿）吃奶
When a baby feeds, or when you feed it, it drinks breast milk or milk from a bottle.
双语例句
例：
When a baby is thirsty, it feeds more often.
婴儿口渴时，吃奶更频繁。
5. [T 及物动词] 供给
To feed something to a place, means to supply it to that place in a steady flow.
双语例句
例：
blood vessels that feed blood to the brain.
给大脑供血的血管。
6. [T 及物动词] 把…放入（容器或装置中）
If you feed something into a container or piece of equipment, you put it into it.
双语例句
例：
He took the compact disc from her, then fed it into the player.
他从她那儿拿过光盘，然后把它放进播放机里。
7. [T 及物动词] 给（植物）施肥
If you feed a plant, you add substances to it to make it grow well.
双语例句
例：
Feed plants to encourage steady growth.
给植物施肥以促进其不断生长。
8. [I 不及物动词] 因...而强壮
If one thing feeds on another, it becomes stronger as a result of the other thing's existence.
双语例句
例：
The drinking and the guilt fed on each other.
喝酒和犯罪互相滋长。
9. [T 及物动词] 将（讯息）输入
To feed information into a computer means to gradually put it into it.
双语例句
例：
An automatic weather station feeds information on wind direction to the computer.
一个自动化气象站把风向信息输入电脑。