| 单词 | feeder |
| 释义 | feeder /fee"deuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that supplies food or feeds something. 2. a bin or boxlike device from which farm animals may eat, esp. such a device designed to allow a number of chickens to feed simultaneously or to release a specific amount of feed at regular intervals. 3. a person or thing that takes food or nourishment. 4. a livestock animal that is fed an enriched diet to fatten it for market. Cf. stocker (def. 2). 5. a person or device that feeds a machine, printing press, etc. 6. a tributary stream. 7. bird feeder. 8. See feeder line. 9. See feeder road. 10. Also, feed. Elect. a conductor, or group of conductors, connecting primary equipment in an electric power system. 11. Brit. a baby's bib. 12. Theat. Slang. See straight man. adj. 13. being, functioning as, or serving as a feeder. 14. pertaining to livestock to be fattened for market. [1350-1400; ME; see FEED, -ER1] |
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