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单词 fed
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fed1

fɛdfɛd
  • past and past participle of feed

Rhymes

abed, ahead, bed, behead, Birkenhead, bled, bread, bred, coed, cred, crossbred, dead, dread, Ed, embed, Enzed, fled, Fred, gainsaid, head, infrared, ked, lead, led, Med, misled, misread, Ned, outspread, premed, pure-bred, read, red, redd, said, samoyed, shed, shred, sked, sled, sped, Spithead, spread, stead, ted, thread, tread, underbred, underfed, wed

Fed2

noun fɛdfɛd
US informal
  • 1A federal agent or official, especially a member of the FBI.

    I don't think he has any friends since he ratted to the Feds
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I didn't follow the case against the man at all or how good a case the Feds made against him.
    • The Feds are on their way, and Ralph here is all the protection anybody could ask for.
    • It would be far, far easier to just shut down the boxes, pull them, and give them to the Feds.
    • Wherever they go they think the Feds, or the police, or spies are watching them.
    • Jim asked to make a phone call, but was told he would have to wait until the Feds had questioned him.
    • The Feds today unsealed the charges, which were initially handed down last week by a federal grand jury in New York.
    • When they accessed their machines back home, the Feds recorded the login info, and later returned to root the boxes.
    • Naturally, the box the Feds supplied was rigged with every surveillance gizmo known to man.
    • As the new job looms ever closer, it appears that the Feds are finally closing in on him.
    • When a scam involves millions of dollars, then the associations get involved, along with the banks and the Feds.
    • If the Feds were going to hunt him for peddling porn, why pay taxes to finance their cause?
    • Not only can you be sued if you lie in your advertising, but you can also get in trouble with the Feds.
    • Since then the Feds have continued their investigations and most of the money has been recovered.
    • Why the Feds aren't interested in pursuing more of them is puzzling.
    • When it came time finally to arrest the man, it was in my father's closet that the Feds found him.
    1. 1.1the fedsBritish The police.
      her two older brothers had got a restraining order put on them by the feds
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A gunman killed in a shootout with police had texted his girlfriend minutes earlier to say: "The feds are following me."
      • He overtook me near London, then near Nottingham he had been pulled over by the feds.
      • "Come on, who likes the Feds? They're annoying, nagging," said one young man.
      • When kids talk about the feds, it's obvious that they're not talking about the FBI.
      • As well as all the usual unprintable insults, this 12-year-old taunted us with "Kill the Feds!"
      • The looters were trying to get in and out of JD Sports before the "feds" arrive.
      • That's what's put me off going to Poole Quay - bloody feds all over the place, spoils your ride back as you're always on the look out for them!
      • Were the feds hassling bikers?
      • I know its a sensible place to have it, but have you had any grief off the feds regarding the position of your tax disc?
      • My twin brother is a fed, he's still safe, though no doubt he will be brainwashed in time.
  • 2usually the Fed

    short for Federal Reserve
    Example sentencesExamples
    • What we don't know is whether the Fed's intervention will work.
    • The Fed has slashed rates 12 times since 2001, producing a boon for fund investors.
    • As the Fed has moved to boost short-term interest rates, long-term interest rates have stayed unexpectedly low.
    • We can't bring that rate down to 5%, no matter what the Fed does.
    • Falling profits in the second and third quarters of 2002 seemed to substantiate the Fed's concern.
    • Business leaders have begun pointing out how the Fed has squeezed the economy in general and their companies in particular.
    • After several interest rate hikes, the Fed's moves to slow what has been a heated economy seems to be working.
    • In the middle of 1931, the Fed doubled the discount rate.
    • Had Rosie been running the Fed, the whole market meltdown could have been avoided.
    • If the Fed is aggressive, and if we don't have any major external disruptions, I think we're going to be okay.

Origin

Early 20th century: abbreviation of federal. The abbreviation fed had previously been used in the late 18th century to denote a member of the Federalist Party, who advocated a union of American colonies after the War of Independence.

 
 

fed1

fedfɛd
  • past and past participle of feed

Fed2

nounfɛdfed
US informal
  • 1A federal agent or official, especially a member of the FBI.

    I don't think he has any friends since he ratted to the Feds
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Feds are on their way, and Ralph here is all the protection anybody could ask for.
    • As the new job looms ever closer, it appears that the Feds are finally closing in on him.
    • The Feds today unsealed the charges, which were initially handed down last week by a federal grand jury in New York.
    • Jim asked to make a phone call, but was told he would have to wait until the Feds had questioned him.
    • It would be far, far easier to just shut down the boxes, pull them, and give them to the Feds.
    • Why the Feds aren't interested in pursuing more of them is puzzling.
    • Naturally, the box the Feds supplied was rigged with every surveillance gizmo known to man.
    • Not only can you be sued if you lie in your advertising, but you can also get in trouble with the Feds.
    • If the Feds were going to hunt him for peddling porn, why pay taxes to finance their cause?
    • Wherever they go they think the Feds, or the police, or spies are watching them.
    • When a scam involves millions of dollars, then the associations get involved, along with the banks and the Feds.
    • Since then the Feds have continued their investigations and most of the money has been recovered.
    • I didn't follow the case against the man at all or how good a case the Feds made against him.
    • When it came time finally to arrest the man, it was in my father's closet that the Feds found him.
    • When they accessed their machines back home, the Feds recorded the login info, and later returned to root the boxes.
    1. 1.1the fedsBritish The police.
      her two older brothers had got a restraining order put on them by the feds
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Were the feds hassling bikers?
      • I know its a sensible place to have it, but have you had any grief off the feds regarding the position of your tax disc?
      • "Come on, who likes the Feds? They're annoying, nagging," said one young man.
      • That's what's put me off going to Poole Quay - bloody feds all over the place, spoils your ride back as you're always on the look out for them!
      • The looters were trying to get in and out of JD Sports before the "feds" arrive.
      • My twin brother is a fed, he's still safe, though no doubt he will be brainwashed in time.
      • A gunman killed in a shootout with police had texted his girlfriend minutes earlier to say: "The feds are following me."
      • As well as all the usual unprintable insults, this 12-year-old taunted us with "Kill the Feds!"
      • When kids talk about the feds, it's obvious that they're not talking about the FBI.
      • He overtook me near London, then near Nottingham he had been pulled over by the feds.
  • 2usually the Fed

    short for Federal Reserve
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Business leaders have begun pointing out how the Fed has squeezed the economy in general and their companies in particular.
    • If the Fed is aggressive, and if we don't have any major external disruptions, I think we're going to be okay.
    • What we don't know is whether the Fed's intervention will work.
    • Falling profits in the second and third quarters of 2002 seemed to substantiate the Fed's concern.
    • As the Fed has moved to boost short-term interest rates, long-term interest rates have stayed unexpectedly low.
    • The Fed has slashed rates 12 times since 2001, producing a boon for fund investors.
    • We can't bring that rate down to 5%, no matter what the Fed does.
    • In the middle of 1931, the Fed doubled the discount rate.
    • After several interest rate hikes, the Fed's moves to slow what has been a heated economy seems to be working.
    • Had Rosie been running the Fed, the whole market meltdown could have been avoided.

Origin

Early 20th century: abbreviation of federal. The abbreviation fed had previously been used in the late 18th century to denote a member of the Federalist Party, who advocated a union of American colonies after the War of Independence.

 
 
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