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单词 food webs
释义

food1 /food/

noun
  1. A substance, or substances, that a living thing feeds on
  2. A substance which, when digested, nourishes the body
  3. Anything that nourishes or promotes growth or activity
  4. Substances produced by plants from raw materials taken in (botany)
ORIGIN: OE fōda; Gothic fōdeins, Swed föda

foodˈful adjective (rare)

Able to supply food abundantly

foodˈie or foodˈy noun (informal)

A person who is greatly (even excessively) interested in the preparation and consumption of good food

foodˈism noun

Great interest in or concern over food

foodˈless adjective

Without food

food bank noun

A place where a charitable organization dispenses free food to the needy

food canal noun

The alimentary canal

foodˈ-card noun

A card entitling its holder to obtain his or her quota of rationed foodstuffs

food chain noun

A series of organisms connected by the fact that each forms food for the organism above it in the series

foodˈ-controller noun

An official who controls the storing, sale and distribution of food in time of emergency

food conversion ratio noun

The ratio of the weight of foodstuffs which a cow, pig, chicken, etc consumes, to its own bodyweight

food court noun

An area, as in a shopping mall or an airport, containing a variety of (fast-)food booths and a section of communal seating and tables for the customers

foodˈ-fish noun

An edible fish

food hall noun

An extensive area in a department store where a wide variety of food is sold

food miles plural noun

The distance travelled from the place where food is produced to the place where it is eaten, considered in terms of the environmental damage that transporting it entails

food poisoning noun

A gastrointestinal disorder caused by the ingestion of foods naturally toxic to the system or of foods made toxic by contamination with bacteria or chemicals

food processor noun

An electrical appliance for cutting, blending, mincing, etc food, esp in the home

foodˈstuff noun

A substance used as food

food values plural noun

The relative nourishing power of foods

food web noun (ecology)

An interconnected pattern of food chains

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