- give food to给…食物吃; 喂：
the raiders fed the guard dog to keep it quiet
偷袭者为了让看门狗不出声给它吃了东西
with two objs she fed him bits of biscuit.她给他喂了几小块饼干。
- no obj.(especially of an animal or baby) take food; eat something（尤指动物、婴儿）吃东西, 进食：
the baby will feed according to her needs.
婴儿会根据自己的需要进食。
feed someone/thing up
give a person or animal large amounts of food给（人, 动物）大量供食。
- provide an adequate supply of food for为…提供充足的食物：
the island's simple agriculture could hardly feed its inhabitants.
这个岛上的原始农业, 无法养活岛上的居民。
- no obj.
feed on/off
derive regular nourishment from (a particular substance)以…为食物; 吃食： the bird feeds on cliff-top vegetation
这种鸟吃悬崖顶上的植物
figurative 〈喻〉his powerful mind fed off political discussion.
他的发达头脑得益于政治讨论。
- give fertilizer to (a plant)给（植物）施肥。
- put fuel on (a fire)给（火）添加燃料。
- encourage the growth of促进…的发展, 增进, 助长：
I could feed my melancholy by reading Romantic poetry.
我常会因为阅读浪漫主义诗歌而变得更加忧郁。
- informal satisfy (a drug habit)〈非正式〉满足（毒瘾）：
users who commit crime to feed their habit.
为满足毒瘾而犯罪的吸毒者。
- supply (a machine) with material or power为（机器）提供原料（或动力）：
the programs are fed into the computer.
程序装入了计算机。
- insert further coins into (a meter) to extend the time for which it operates（为延长运行时间而）继续向（计时器）投币。
- with two objs supply (someone) with (information, ideas, etc.)为（某人）提供（信息、主意等）：
I think he is feeding his old employer commercial secrets.
我想他在为以前的雇主提供商业机密。
- supply water to (a body of water)为（水体）供水：
the pond is fed by a small stream
这个池塘的水来自一条小溪
no obj. water feeds into the lower pool.水流入低处的池塘。
- with two objs prompt (an actor) with (a line)为（演员）提（台词）：
you were still in the wings feeding Micky his lines.
你当时仍在舞台侧面为米奇提示台词。
- (in ball games) pass (the ball) to a player（球类运动用语）喂（球）; 传球给（队友）：
he took the ball and fed Salley.
他抢到了球并把它传给了萨莉。
- with obj. and adverbial of direction cause to move gradually and steadily, typically through a confined space使（缓慢平稳地）移动; 使穿过（有限的空间）：
make holes through which to feed the cables.
打几个供电缆通过的洞。
- no obj.
feed through
(of a new factor or development) begin to be influential（新因素, 新发展）开始产生影响： the impact of the cut in interest rates has yet to feed through.
降低利率的影响还未显现出来。
- an act of giving food, especially to animals or a baby, or of having food given to one（尤指给动物或婴儿）喂食; 进食：
you'll see the baby in the morning for her first feed.
早上第一次给她喂食时你就可以看到婴儿了。
- informal a meal〈非正式〉一餐：
there were games and a lovely feed.
玩了些游戏又吃了一顿美餐。
- mass noun food for domestic animals（家畜的）饲料：
cow feed.
牛饲料。
- a device or pipe for supplying material to a machine（机器的）进料器, 给料器：
the plotter has a continuous paper feed.
这个绘图仪有一个可连续进纸的装置。
- the supply of raw material to a machine or device（机器、设备的）原料供给, 进料, 给料：
as modifier a feed pipe.给料管。
- chiefly N. Amer. a broadcast distributed by a satellite or network from a central source to a large number of radio or television stations〈主北美〉（卫星或网络）转播（通过卫星或网络从一个中心源向大量广播或电视台分送的广播）：
a satellite feed from Washington.
来自华盛顿的卫星转播。
- Computing a facility for notifying the user of a blog or other frequently updated website that new content has been added【计算机】订阅源：
most blogs and news sites offer RSS feeds of their latest content.
大多数博客和新闻网站都有他们最新信息的RSS订阅源。
- a line or prompt given to an actor on stage（给舞台演员的）提词, 提白。
- an actor who provides such a line or prompt提示台词的演员。
off one's feed
- informal having no appetite〈非正式〉没胃口的。
feed back
- (of a response) influence the development of the thing that has provoked it（反应）反作用于成因, 反馈：
what the audience tells me feeds back into my work.
观众的意见反馈到我的工作中。
- (of an electrical or other system) produce feedback（电气或其他系统）馈送, 馈给。