单词 | feed |
释义 | feed (fēd) v. fed(fĕd), feed·ing, feeds v. tr. 1. a. To give food to; supply with nourishment: feed the children. b. To provide as food or nourishment: fed fish to the cat. 2. a. To serve as food for: The turkey is large enough to feed a dozen. b. To produce food for: The valley feeds an entire county. 3. a. To provide for consumption, utilization, or operation: feed logs to a fire; feed data into a computer. b. To supply with something essential for growth, maintenance, or operation: Melting snow feeds the reservoirs. c. To transmit (media content) by means of a communications network or satellite, as for processing or distribution. 4. a. To minister to; gratify: fed their appetite for the morbid. b. To support or promote; encourage: His unexplained absences fed our suspicions. 5. To supply as a cue: feed lines to an actor. 6. Sports To pass a ball or puck to (a teammate), especially to set up a scoring chance. v. intr. 1. To eat. Used of animals: pigs feeding at a trough. 2. To be nourished or supported: an ego that feeds on flattery. 3. a. To move steadily, as into a machine for processing. b. To be channeled; flow: This road feeds into the freeway. n. Idiom: 1. a. Food for animals, especially livestock. b. The amount of such food given at one time. 2. Informal A meal, especially a large one: We had a great feed at the restaurant. 3. The act of providing food, especially to an animal: food given at one feed. 4. a. Material or an amount of material supplied, as to a machine or furnace. b. The act of supplying such material. 5. a. An apparatus that supplies material to a machine. b. The aperture through which such material enters a machine. 6. a. The transmission or conveyance of published content, as by satellite, on the internet, or by broadcast over a network of stations. b. A signal or program made by means of such transmission: The satellite feed was garbled due to sunspot activity. 7. Sports A pass of a ball or puck, especially to set up a scoring chance. be off (one's) feed To have lost one's appetite: The dog is off its feed this week. [Middle English feden, from Old English fēdan; see pā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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