feed

feed的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [fi:d]
KK音标发音： [fid]

feed的词性：
v.（动词）

feed的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

1. To give food to; supply with nourishment:
给予食物；供给营养：

feed the children.
给孩子们喂饭

2. To provide as food or nourishment:
供以…为食：把…作为食物或营养供给：

fed fish to the cat.
把鱼喂给了猫

3. To serve as food for:
作为食物供给：

The turkey is large enough to feed a dozen.
那只火鸡大得足够十二个人吃

4. To produce food for:
为…生产食物：

The valley feeds an entire county.
山谷的生产量可以供应整个县食用

5. To provide for consumption, utilization, or operation:
供应：供消费、使用或运转：

feed logs to a fire; feed data into a computer.
给火添柴；往计算机里输入数据

6. To supply with something essential for growth, maintenance, or operation:
供给必需品：为生长、维持或运行提供某些必要的物质：

Melting snow feeds the reservoirs.
融化的雪给水库提供了水

7. To distribute (a local radio or television broadcast) to a larger audience or group of receivers by way of a network or satellite.
传播：通过无线电或卫星将（地方电台或电视台广播）传送给更多的听众和观众或更大的接收群体

8. To minister to; gratify:
使满足；使满意：

fed their appetite for the morbid.
满足他们对病态的嗜好

9. To support or promote; encourage:
支持或激发；鼓励：

His unexplained absences fed our suspicions.
他的无故缺席引起了我们对他的怀疑

10. To supply as a cue:
提示：作为线索提供：

feed lines to an actor.
给演员提示台词

11. Sports To pass a ball or puck to (a teammate), especially in order to score.
【体育运动】 传球：尤指为得分而把球传给或掷给（本队队员）

feed的词性：
v.intr.（不及物动词）

12. To eat:
吃：

pigs feeding at a trough.
在猪槽里进食的猪

13. To be nourished or supported:
支持：得到滋养或支持：

an ego that feeds on flattery.
由于奉承而助长的自负

14. To move steadily, as into a machine for processing.
供给（机器）原料：为生产而往机器里平稳地加入（原料等）

15. To be channeled; flow:
通向；流向：

This road feeds into the freeway.
这条路通往高速公路

feed的词性：
n.（名词）

16. Food for animals or birds.
饲料或鸟食

17. The amount of such food given at one time.
一次喂给的食物量

18. Informal A meal, especially a large one.
【非正式用语】 大餐：尤指丰盛的一餐

19. The act of eating.
吃：进食的动作

20. Material or an amount of material supplied, as to a machine or furnace.
进料：给机器或炉子供给的原料或进料量

21. The act of supplying such material.
进料：进料的动作

22. An apparatus that supplies material to a machine.
进料器：把原料送入机器的装置

23. The aperture through which such material enters a machine.
进料口：原料从中通过而进入机器的孔

24. Distribution of a locally broadcast radio or television program by way of a network or satellite to a larger audience or group of receivers.
传播：地方电台广播或电视节目通过无线电或卫星传送给更多的听众和观众或更大的接收群体

25. Suffering a lack of appetite; sick:
味口不好的；不适的：

The dog is off its feed this week.
这个星期这只狗没有食欲

feed的词源：

26. Middle English feden
中古英语 feden

27. from Old English f?dan * see p3-
源自 古英语 f?dan *参见 p3-