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| 1 | T to give food to a person or an animal 喂养；饲养；为…提供食物 |
| We’ ve been feeding the ducks on the river. 我们一直在喂河里的鸭子。 |
| feed sb/sth on sth The dogs were fed on raw meat. 这些狗是用生肉喂养的。 |
| feed sth to sb/sth The left-over food is fed to the pigs. 剩下的食物用来喂猪。 |
| properly fed All the children will be properly fed and cared for. 所有孩子都会得到很好的哺育和照顾。 |
| | 1a | T to provide people with food so that they can live 养活 | | The money he brings home isn’ t enough to feed a family of five. 他拿回家的钱不够养活5口之家。 | | More food supplies are needed to feed the starving population. 需要更多的食品供应来养活饥饿的人们。 | |
| | 1b | I/T if a baby feeds or you feed it , the baby drinks milk （婴儿）吃奶；给（婴儿）哺乳；给（婴儿）喂奶 | | Young babies need to feed every three to four hours. 婴儿每3到4小时需要吃一次奶。 | | She sat down to feed the baby. 她坐下来给婴儿喂奶。 | |
| | 1c | I if an animal feeds, it looks for food and eats it （动物）觅食 | | The birds return here to feed at dusk. 鸟儿黄昏时回到这里觅食。 | |
| | 1d | T to put a substance onto a plant or into the soil to make a plant grow well 给（植物或土壤）施肥 | | The plants should be fed and watered regularly. 植物需要经常施肥和浇水。 | | feed sth with sth Feed tomato plants with a general fertilizer once a week. 用普通化肥每周给西红柿苗施一次肥。 | |
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| 2 | T to provide a supply of something for a person or a machine 向（人）提供；向（机器）输送 |
| feed sb with sth He’ s been feeding the police with information about terrorist activities. 他一直在向警方提供有关恐怖活动的情报。 |
| feed sth into sth Information is fed into the computer and stored in a database. 将信息输入计算机并储存在数据库里。 |
| feed sth to sb/sth the main arteries that feed blood to the brain 将血液输送给大脑的主动脉 |
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| 3 | T to push something into a machine , especially slowly and gently （尤指缓慢而轻轻地）给（机器）进料 |
| feed sth into sth She saw him feeding documents into the shredder. 她看见他把文件放入碎纸机。 |
| feed sth through (sth) Feed the fabric gently through the machine. 要把织物轻轻地送入机器。 |
| feed sth with sth I fed the parking meter with my remaining change. 我把剩下的零钱投进了停车收费器。 |
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| 4 | T to make a feeling stronger 加深；强化 |
| The newspapers are feeding public anxiety about contaminated food. 报纸在加深公众对受污染食物的忧虑。 |
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| 5 | T to provide what is necessary 维持；满足 |
| feed a habit Many young drug users turn to crime to feed their habit. 许多年轻的吸毒者依靠犯罪来维持恶习。 |
| feed an addiction Her son was using his dinner money to feed his gambling addiction. 她儿子用餐费来过赌瘾。 |
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| - | feed your face informal
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| to eat a lot |
| 大吃大喝 |
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| I was out working in the garden while you lot were feeding your faces! 我在外面园子里干活，而你们统统在大吃大喝！ |
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| - | feed sb a line informal
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| to give someone false information |
| 欺骗某人 |
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| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˈfeed off |
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| 1 | if animals feed off something , they eat it （牲畜）以…为食 |
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| 2 | feed off to use something in order to continue to exist or become stronger 从…得到滋养；因…而助长 | Both sides in the conflict feed off old suspicions. 冲突双方加深了旧有的猜疑。 | |
| - | ˈfeed on |
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| 1 | if an animal feeds on something , it eats it , especially as its usual food （牲畜）以…为食 |
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| 2 | feed off 2 | She seemed to feed on his despair. 她似乎从他的绝望中得到了满足。 | |
| - | ˌfeed ˈup |
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| | to give someone more food than usual in order to make them stronger or less thin （用比通常更多的食物）养肥，养壮（某人） |
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