mass noun
1- food, especially dried hay or straw, for cattle and other livestock饲料, 草料。
1.1
- a person or thing regarded only as material for a specific use特定用途的人（或物、素材、原料）：
young people ending up as factory fodder.
最终只能干干工厂活的年轻人。
with obj.
- give fodder to (cattle or other livestock)用饲料喂（牛等家畜）：
the animals need foddering.
这些动物需要喂饲料了。
词源
Old English fōdor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voeder and German Futter, also to FOOD.