feed
verb /fiːd/
/fiːd/
动词形式
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they feed | /fiːd/ /fiːd/ |
| he / she / it feeds | /fiːdz/ /fiːdz/ |
| past simple fed | /fed/ /fed/ |
| past participle fed | /fed/ /fed/ |
| -ing form feeding | /ˈfiːdɪŋ/ /ˈfiːdɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] to give food to a person or an animal
给（人或动物）食物；喂养；饲养 - feed somebody/something/yourself Have you fed the cat yet?
你喂了猫没有？ - The baby can't feed itself yet (= can't put food into its own mouth).
这个婴儿还不能自己吃东西。 - feed somebody/something sth It's important to feed children a well-balanced diet.
给孩子吃均衡的饮食很重要。 - He has to be fed liquids through a tube in his stomach.
他必须通过胃里的管子喂液体。 - feed somebody/something (on) something The cattle are fed (on) barley.
牛要喂大麦。 - feed something to somebody/something The barley is fed to the cattle.
牛喂的是大麦。 - feed somebody/something with something The animals are fed with hay and grass.
这些动物是用干草和青草喂养的。
Wordfinder- baby
- birth
- child
- dummy
- feed
- incubator
- nappy
- pram
- premature
- teethe
Topics Animalsa2, Farminga2- Most of the crop is fed to the cattle.
这种农作物大部份用来喂牛。 - She fed the children on baked beans and fish fingers.
她给孩子们吃烘豆和炸鱼条。 - She fed the children on junk food.
她给孩子们吃垃圾食品。 - Feed the kids and make sure they're in bed by nine.
给孩子们喂奶，确保他们九点前上床睡觉。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- properly
- well
- poorly
- …
- help (to)
- afford to
- on
- to
- with
- …
- a mouth to feed
- feed somebody/something/yourself Have you fed the cat yet?
- [intransitive] (of a baby or an animal
婴儿或动物 进食 - Slugs and snails feed at night.
蛞蝓和蜗牛夜间进食。
- Egrets and a solitary grey heron were busily feeding.
一些白鹭和一只独居的灰苍鹭正忙着进食。 - The bears feed voraciously in summer and store energy as fat.
熊在夏季大量进食，以脂肪形式贮存能量。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- voraciously
- mainly
- mostly
- …
- on
- Slugs and snails feed at night.
- [transitive] feed somebody to provide food for a person or group of people
养，养活（全家、一群人） - They have a large family to feed.
他们要养活一大家人。 - There's enough here to feed an army.
这儿的东西足以养活一支军队。 - Have they been feeding you well?
他们给你吃得还好吗？ - They struggled to feed and clothe the children.
他们努力给孩子们提供食物和衣服。 - Having another mouth (= person) to feed can be a strain.
有另一张嘴要喂可能是一种负担。
- He could no longer afford to feed his family.
他再也无力养活自己的家人了。 - He saw the new baby as just another mouth to feed.
在他看来，这个新生婴儿不过是一张嗷嗷待哺的嘴。 - How can we feed a hungry world?
我们如何养活一个饥饿的世界？ - Let us discipline ourselves so as to help feed a hungry world.
让我们自律，为这个尚处于飢饿中的世界提供些食物。 - The children were poorly fed.
这些孩子营养不良。 - My grandmother always feeds me well.
我奶奶总是给我吃得很好。 - She could barely feed and clothe herself.
她几乎不会自己吃饭和穿衣。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- properly
- well
- poorly
- …
- help (to)
- afford to
- on
- to
- with
- …
- a mouth to feed
- They have a large family to feed.
- [transitive] feed something to give a plant a special substance to make it grow
施（肥等） - Feed the plants once a week.
每星期要给这些花草施一次肥。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- properly
- well
- poorly
- …
- help (to)
- afford to
- on
- to
- with
- …
- a mouth to feed
- Feed the plants once a week.
- [transitive, often passive] to give advice, information, etc. to somebody/something
提供（意见或信息等）；灌输 - be fed something We are constantly fed gossip and speculation by the media.
媒体不断给我们灌输流言蜚语和猜测臆断。 - be fed with something The media were being fed with accusations and lies.
媒体上满是指责和谎言。 - be fed to somebody Gossip and speculation are constantly fed to us by the media.
媒体不断把流言蜚语和猜测臆断灌输给我们。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- directly
- constantly
- into
- through
- to
- …
- be fed something We are constantly fed gossip and speculation by the media.
- [transitive, usually passive] to supply something to somebody/something
供给；供应 - be fed (by something) The lake is fed by a river.
这个湖由一条河流供给。 - A is fed with B The electricity line is fed with power through an underground cable.
这条电线的电源是通过地下电缆传输的。 - B is fed into A Power is fed into the electricity line through an underground cable.
电力通过地下电缆传输到这条电线。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- directly
- constantly
- into
- through
- to
- …
- be fed (by something) The lake is fed by a river.
- [transitive] to put or push something into or through a machine
把…放进机器；将…塞进机器 - feed A (with B) He fed the meter with coins.
他把硬币投入停车计时收费器。 - feed B into A He fed coins into the meter.
他把硬币投入停车计时收费器。 - The information was fed into the data store.
信息被输入到数据库中。 - feed something into/through something The fabric is fed through the machine.
布料放进了机器。
- Receptors constantly feed information into the system.
感受器不断将信息提供给系统。 - This feeds the paper through to the printer.
这个可以把纸导入打印机。 - The data is fed directly into a computer.
数据直接输入了电脑。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- directly
- constantly
- into
- through
- to
- …
- feed A (with B) He fed the meter with coins.
- [transitive] feed something to satisfy a need, desire, etc. and keep it strong
满足（需要、愿望、欲望等） - For drug addicts, the need to feed the addiction takes priority over everything else.
对于吸毒者来说满足毒瘾胜过一切。
- For drug addicts, the need to feed the addiction takes priority over everything else.
give/eat food提供／吃食物
plant植物
give advice/information提供意见／信息
supply供给
put into machine放进机器中
satisfy need满足需要
词源Old English fēdan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voeden and food.
Idioms
bite the hand that feeds you
- to harm somebody who has helped you or supported you
伤害恩人；恩将仇报
feed your face
- (informal, usually disapproving) to eat a lot of food or too much food
大吃一顿；吃得过饱