1 VERB 养;喂;饲养 If you feed a person or animal, you give them food to eat and sometimes actually put it in their mouths. 养;喂;饲养 [Also VERB pron-reflexive] [mainly British]
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We brought along pieces of old bread and fed the birds. [VERB noun]
我们拿了几片陈面包来喂鸟。
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She fed him a cookie. [VERB noun noun]
她给他吃了一块饼干。
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In that part of the world you can feed cattle on almost any green vegetable or fruit. [V n + on/with]
在那个地方,几乎任何绿色蔬菜或水果都可以给牛吃。
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He spooned the ice cream into a cup and fed it to her. [VERB noun + to]
他用勺子把冰激凌舀进杯子,喂给她吃。
Feed is also a noun.
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She's had a good feed.
她大吃了一顿。
2 VERB 供养,养活(家庭或群体) To feed a family or a community means to supply food for them. 供养,养活(家庭或群体)
SYN cater for, provide for, nourish, provide with food
3 VERB (动物)吃食,进食 When an animal feeds, it eats or drinks something. (动物)吃食,进食
4 V-ERG 吃奶;给…喂奶 When a baby feeds, or when you feed it, it drinks breast milk or milk from a bottle. 吃奶;给…喂奶
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When a baby is thirsty, it feeds more often. [VERB]
婴儿渴的时候,吃奶就会更频繁。
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I knew absolutely nothing about handling or feeding a baby. [VERB noun]
我对如何抱婴儿、如何给婴儿喂食一无所知。
SYN eat, drink milk, take nourishment
5 N-MASS [usually n NOUN] 饲料 Animal feed is food given to animals, especially farm animals. 饲料
6 VERB 源源不断地供给;输送 To feed something to a place, means to supply it to that place in a steady flow. 源源不断地供给;输送
SYN supply, take, send, carry
7 VERB 将…放到,将…投入(容器或装置中) If you feed something into a container or piece of equipment, you put it into it. 将…放到,将…投入(容器或装置中)
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He took the compact disc from her, then fed it into the player. [VERB noun prep.]
他从她手里接过光盘,放入播放机中。
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She was feeding documents into a paper shredder. [VERB noun prep.]
她将文件放入碎纸机。
8 VERB 向…泄露(秘密);向…灌输,向…通报(虚假信息) If someone feeds you false or secret information, they deliberately tell it to you. 向…泄露(秘密);向…灌输,向…通报(虚假信息) [Also VERB n + to]
9 VERB 加深,加强(厌恶或渴望) If you feed someone's dislike or desire for something, you make it stronger. 加深,加强(厌恶或渴望)
10 VERB 给…施肥 If you feed a plant, you add substances to it to make it grow well. 给…施肥
11 VERB (因…而)壮大;(从…中)得到滋养 If one thing feeds on another, it becomes stronger as a result of the other thing's existence. (因…而)壮大;(从…中)得到滋养
12 VERB 将(信息)输入(计算机) To feed information into a computer means to gradually put it into it. 将(信息)输入(计算机)
13 to bite the hand that feeds you→see: bite mouths to feed→see: mouth
Word Partnership | Use feed with: |
N. | feed the baby, feed the cat, feed the children 1 feed your family, feed the hungry 2 bird feed 5 |
VERB. | feed and clothe 2 |
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