| 释义 |
feed1 /fēd/ transitive verb (feedˈing; fed)- To give, supply, or administer food to
- To give as food (with to)
- To nourish
- To fatten with nourishing food (with up)
- To provide with necessary material
- To foster
- To give as food or as material to be used progressively
- To furnish (an actor) with cues or opportunities of achieving an effect
- In various sports, to pass the ball to
intransitive verb- To take food
- To nourish oneself by eating (with on or off)
- To derive strength or sustenance from (with on or off)
noun- An amount or allowance of food given eg to babies or to cattle
- Food for livestock feeding
- Pasture
- A plentiful meal (informal)
- Material supplied progressively for any operation
- The means, channel, motion or rate of such supply
- A means of transmitting data over the Internet to several users simultaneously (computing)
- Rate of progress of a tool
- An actor who feeds another, a stooge
ORIGIN: OE fēdan to feed feedˈable adjective feedˈer noun - A person who consumes food (esp in a specified way, eg a big feeder) or provides or administers it to another
- An actor who feeds another
- Something which supplies (water, electricity, ore, paper, etc)
- Any channel of supply to a main system
- A transport route linking outlying areas to the trunk line
- A tributary
- An overhead or underground cable, of large current-carrying capacity, used to transmit electric power between generating stations, substations and feeding points
- A container for food for small animals, birds, etc
- A feeding bottle
- A bib
- A primary school from which a secondary school receives regular intakes of pupils
- A person who fattens cattle
- A shepherd (obsolete)
- A dependant, a servant (archaic)
adjective Secondary, subsidiary, tributary feedˈing noun - The act of eating or supplying with food
- That which is eaten
- Pasture
- The placing of the sheets of paper in position for a printing or ruling machine
feedˈback noun - Return of part of the output of a system to the input as a means towards improved quality or self-correction of error (negative feedback) or, when in phase with the input signal, resulting in oscillation and instability (positive feedback)
- Used also in speaking of biological, etc self-adjusting systems
- Response or reaction providing useful information or guidelines for further action or development
- (in a public address system, etc) the unintentional returning of some of the sound output back to the microphone, producing a whistle or howl
feedˈ-head noun A cistern that supplies water to a boiler feedˈ-heater noun An apparatus for heating water for a boiler feeding bottle noun A bottle for supplying liquid food to an infant feeding frenzy noun - A competitive and violent attack on the same prey by a number of predators
- A period of violently excited competitive activity (informal)
feeding point noun (elec) The junction point between a feeder and distribution system feedˈ-in tariff noun (in Britain) a payment made to an individual household for generating renewable energy feedˈ-line noun - A line fed to an actor
- A cue
feedˈlot noun A unit in which cattle are kept indoors and made to put on weight rapidly by means of processed and blended feed supplied to them automatically feedˈ-pipe noun A pipe for supplying liquid, such as water to a boiler or cistern feedˈ-pump noun A force pump for supplying a boiler with water feedˈstock noun Raw material used in an industrial process feedˈstuff noun Any type of food for animals, esp cattle, pigs, sheep, etc feedˈthrough noun - An electrical conductor connecting two sides of a circuit board, etc
- The onward passage of one thing through another
feedˈ-water noun Water supplied to a boiler, etc fed to the (back) teeth (informal) Fed up fed up (informal) - Jaded
- Disgruntled
- Bored
- (with with) tired of, annoyed by
- Sated (obsolete)
feed one's face (slang) To eat heartily off one's feed Without appetite, disinclined to eat |