feed

汉语翻译

n. 饲料, 一餐, 饲养
vt. 喂, 饲养, 放牧, 靠...为生
vi. 吃东西, 用餐, 流入
【计】 送纸
【化】 原料; 进料
【经】 饲料, 附属在大公司下的运输公司
相关词组:
feed up
feed A with B

词型变化：

动词过去式:fed 过去分词:fed 现在分词:feeding 第三人称单数:feeds 

词意辨析：

nourish, feed, graze

这些动词均含“提供所需食物、喂养”之意。
nourish: 指提供生长、健康或维持生存所必需的食物或养料，尤指用营养品促进生长。
feed: 普通用词，含义广泛，既可指给人或动物提供食物，又可指给植物以养料或为机器等加燃料等。
graze: 侧重指用正在生长的青草喂养牲畜。

raise, keep, support, feed

这四个词都有“抚养”、“养家”、“赡养”的意思，但也有区别。
raise: 意为“抚养（指人）；饲养（指动物或禽畜）”之意。

• he raised the children himself；his wife died years ago.
  他的妻子多年以前就去世了，他一手把孩子拉扯大。
• he raised those goats from new-born kids.
  那些羊从小羊羔时就是他喂养的。

keep: 表示“养活（指人）；饲养（指动物或禽畜）”。

• john has his wife and six children to keep(support).
  约翰要养活妻子和六个孩子。
• they kept some hens and pigs.
  他们养了一些鸡和猪。

support: 意为“养活”，不用于饲养动物。

• she supports her old mother.
  她赡养老母亲。
• he has a large family to support.
  他要养活一大家子。

feed: 意为“喂养；饲养；以......为食”。

• have you fed the baby／cow yet?
  婴儿／牛喂了吗？
• she fed meat to her dog. ＝she fed her dog with／on meat.
  她用肉喂狗。
• foxes feed on small animals.
  狐狸以小动物为食。

英语解释：

名词 feed:

1. food for domestic livestock
   同义词：provender

动词 feed:

1. provide as food
2. give food to
   同义词：give
3. feed into; supply
4. introduce continuously
   同义词：feed in
5. support or promote
6. take in food; used of animals only
   同义词：eat
7. serve as food for; be the food for
8. move along, of liquids
   同义词：run, flow, course
9. profit from in an exploitatory manner
   同义词：prey
10. gratify
    同义词：feast
11. provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
    同义词：fertilize, fertilise

例句：

1. The lake is fed by several small streams.
   这湖是由几条小溪的水汇聚而成的。
2. Will you feed my cat for me?
   请帮我喂我的猫好吗？
3. How many feeds a day does this dog get?
   这只狗每天吃几顿？

详细解释：

feed

v.（动词）
fed[fμd] feed.ing,feeds
v.tr.（及物动词）


To give food to; supply with nourishment:
给予食物；供给营养：
例句：
feed the children.
给孩子们喂饭

To provide as food or nourishment:
供以…为食：把…作为食物或营养供给：
例句：
fed fish to the cat.
把鱼喂给了猫



To serve as food for:
作为食物供给：
例句：
The turkey is large enough to feed a dozen.
那只火鸡大得足够十二个人吃

To produce food for:
为…生产食物：
例句：
The valley feeds an entire county.
山谷的生产量可以供应整个县食用



To provide for consumption, utilization, or operation:
供应：供消费、使用或运转：
例句：
feed logs to a fire; feed data into a computer.
给火添柴；往计算机里输入数据

To supply with something essential for growth, maintenance, or operation:
供给必需品：为生长、维持或运行提供某些必要的物质：
例句：
Melting snow feeds the reservoirs.
融化的雪给水库提供了水

To distribute (a local radio or television broadcast) to a larger audience or group of receivers by way of a network or satellite.
传播：通过无线电或卫星将（地方电台或电视台广播）传送给更多的听众和观众或更大的接收群体


To minister to; gratify:
使满足；使满意：
例句：
fed their appetite for the morbid.
满足他们对病态的嗜好

To support or promote; encourage:
支持或激发；鼓励：
例句：
His unexplained absences fed our suspicions.
他的无故缺席引起了我们对他的怀疑

To supply as a cue:
提示：作为线索提供：
例句：
feed lines to an actor.
给演员提示台词

Sports To pass a ball or puck to (a teammate), especially in order to score.
【体育运动】 传球：尤指为得分而把球传给或掷给（本队队员）
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To eat:
吃：
例句：
pigs feeding at a trough.
在猪槽里进食的猪

To be nourished or supported:
支持：得到滋养或支持：
例句：
an ego that feeds on flattery.
由于奉承而助长的自负



To move steadily, as into a machine for processing.
供给（机器）原料：为生产而往机器里平稳地加入（原料等）
To be channeled; flow:
通向；流向：
例句：
This road feeds into the freeway.
这条路通往高速公路

n.（名词）


Food for animals or birds.
饲料或鸟食
The amount of such food given at one time.
一次喂给的食物量
Informal A meal, especially a large one.
【非正式用语】 大餐：尤指丰盛的一餐
The act of eating.
吃：进食的动作


Material or an amount of material supplied, as to a machine or furnace.
进料：给机器或炉子供给的原料或进料量
The act of supplying such material.
进料：进料的动作


An apparatus that supplies material to a machine.
进料器：把原料送入机器的装置
The aperture through which such material enters a machine.
进料口：原料从中通过而进入机器的孔
Distribution of a locally broadcast radio or television program by way of a network or satellite to a larger audience or group of receivers.
传播：地方电台广播或电视节目通过无线电或卫星传送给更多的听众和观众或更大的接收群体

<习惯用语>off (one`s) feed
Suffering a lack of appetite; sick:
味口不好的；不适的：
例句：
The dog is off its feed this week.
这个星期这只狗没有食欲

来源：
Middle English feden
中古英语 feden
from Old English fôdan * see p3-
源自 古英语 fôdan *参见 p3-