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词汇 fodder
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fodder

noun
/ˈfɒdə(r)/
/ˈfɑːdər/
[uncountable]
  1. food for horses and farm animals(马等家畜的)饲料,秣Topics Farmingc2
  2. (disapproving) (often after a noun常置于名词后) people or things that are considered to have only one use(人或东西)只能是…的料
    • Without education, these children will end up as factory fodder (= only able to work in a factory).不受教育,这些孩子将来只能到工厂干活。
    • This story will be more fodder for the gossip columnists.这个传闻会是闲谈专栏作家的又一素材。
    • He regarded lists of rules, regulations and procedures as dustbin fodder (= only fit to be thrown away).他把一系列规则、条例和程序视为垃圾。
  3. see also cannon fodder
    词源Old English fōdor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voeder and German Futter, also to food.
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