单词 | feeder |
释义 | feed·er ![]() n. 1. One that supplies food: a bird feeder on a window ledge. 2. a. One that eats in a specified manner. Used of an animal: a filter feeder; a bottom feeder. b. One that consumes nutrients to a specified degree. Used of a plant: heavy feeders such as rhubarb or tomatoes. 3. One that is fed, especially an animal that is being fattened for market. 4. A worker or device that feeds materials into a machine for further processing. 5. Something that contributes to the operation, maintenance, or supply of something else, especially: a. A tributary stream. b. A branch line of a transport system, as of an airline or a railroad. 6. Any of the medium-voltage lines used to distribute electric power from a substation to consumers or to smaller substations. 7. A transmission line between an antenna and a transmitter. |
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