dated <旧>
noun
victuals
- food or provisions, typically as prepared for consumption食品, 粮食; 储备物。
(victualled, victualling; <美> victualed, victualing) with obj.
1- provide with food or other stores为…提供食物（或其他补给品）：
the ship wasn't even properly victualled.
那艘船连食物都没有很好地储备。
1.1
- no obj. archaic obtain or lay in food or other stores〈古〉储备粮食; 储备物品：
a voyage of such length, that no ship could victual for.
那么远的航行, 任何船只都无法储备足够多的粮食和物品。
1.2
- no obj. eat吃：
victual with me next Saturday.
下周六和我一起吃饭。
词源
Middle English: from Old French vitaille, from late Latin victualia, neuter plural of Latin victualis, from victus 'food'; related to vivere 'to live'. The pronunciation still represents the early spelling vittel; later spelling has been influenced by the Latin form.