【feed】的翻译、意思

美: [fid]

英: [fiːd]

1.vt. 喂养；供给；放牧；抚养（家庭等）；靠…为生

2.vi. 吃东西；流入

3.n. 饲料；饲养；（动物或婴儿的）一餐

CET4   TEM4    ( feeding, fed, feeds ) 

1. [V-T] If you feed a person or animal, you give them food to eat and sometimes actually put it in their mouths. 喂养

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. [N-UNCOUNT] feeding 喂食

例：The feeding of dairy cows has undergone a revolution.奶牛的喂食已经历了一场革命。

3. [V-T] To feed a family or a community means to supply food for them. 为…提供食物

例：Feeding a hungry family can be expensive.为一家子饥饿的人张罗食物要花不少钱。

4. [V-I] When an animal feeds, it eats or drinks something. (动物) 进食

例：After a few days the caterpillars stopped feeding.几天后毛虫停止了进食。

5. [V-T/V-I] When a baby feeds, or when you feed it, it drinks breast milk or milk from a bottle. 给 (婴儿) 喂奶; (婴儿) 吃奶

例：When a baby is thirsty, it feeds more often.婴儿口渴时，吃奶更频繁。

6. [V-T] To feed something to a place, means to supply it to that place in a steady flow. 供给

例：...blood vessels that feed blood to the brain.…给大脑供血的血管。

7. [V-T] If you feed something into a container or piece of equipment, you put it into it. 把…放入 (容器或装置中)

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。

8. [V-T] If you feed a plant, you add substances to it to make it grow well. 给 (植物) 施肥

例：Feed plants to encourage steady growth.给植物施肥以促进其不断生长。

9. [V-I] If one thing feeds on another, it becomes stronger as a result of the other thing's existence. 因...而强壮

例：The drinking and the guilt fed on each other.喝酒和犯罪互相滋长。

10. [V-T] To feed information into a computer means to gradually put it into it. 将 (讯息) 输入

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。

11. [[usu n N]] Animal feed is food given to animals, especially farm animals. 饲料

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。