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feed
[常用字]

<動詞>
fed, feed.ing, feeds

<及物動詞>
1 a. 餵食; 供給食物
feed the children 餵小孩子
b. 供以…為食
fed fish to the cat 餵魚給貓吃
2 a. 供給 (食物)
The turkey is large enough to feed a dozen.火雞大得足夠供給十二個人吃
b. 生產 (食物)
The valley feeds an entire country. 山谷的生產量可以供應整個鄉村食用
3 a. 加燃料; 供給 (機器) 原料
feed logs to a fire 把木材加到火裡
feed data into a computer 把資料輸入電腦
b. 供給必需物
Melting snow feeds the reservoirs. 融化的雪注入水庫
c. (經由傳播網, 衛星等) 傳播
4 a. 給予; 滿足
fed their appetite for the morbid 滿足他們對病態的嗜好
b. 支持; 提升; 激起
His unexplained absences fed our suspicions. 他無故缺席引起了我們的疑心
5 提示
feed lines to an actor 給演員提示台詞
6『運動』傳球

<不及物動詞>
1 吃
pigs feeding at a trough 在豬槽進食的豬
2 被供養; 支持
an ego that feeds on flattery 被虛偽奉承所供養的自我
3 a. 放入機器
b. 通向; 流向
This road feeds into the freeway. 這條路通往高速公路

<名詞>
1 a. 飼料
b. 一頓 (食料)
2 ((口語)) 大餐
3 吃
4 a. 供給的材料
b. 材料的供給
5 a. (輸送材料的) 儀器
b. 輸入孔
6 (經由傳播網, 衛星等的) 傳播

<慣用語>
off (one's) feed
食慾不振; 生病
The dog is off its feed this week. 這隻狗這個禮拜食慾不振

v past tense and past participle fed /fed
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1 give food:
2 plant:
3 animal/baby:
4 well-fed/under-fed/poorly-fed:
5 computer:
6 supply something:
7 put something into something:
8 increase emotion:
9 feed an addiction/need etc:
10 information:
11 sport:
12 feed lines/jokes to somebody:
13 feed your face:
14 tv/radio:
15 feed somebody a line: Phrasal verbs
feed back
feed into something
feed off something
feed on something
feed somebody up
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[Language: Old English; Origin: fedan; related to food]

1 GIVE FOOD: [T]
a) to give food to a person or animal
--Have you fed the cat?
feed yourself
--She was too weak to feed herself.
feed sth to sb
--Several children were feeding bread to the ducks.
feed sb on/with sth
--They were fed well on her mother's home cooking.
b) to provide enough food for a group of people
--groceries to feed a family of five
--The prison is required to feed and clothe the prisoners.

2 PLANT: [T] to give a special substance to a plant, which helps it grow
--Feed the tomatoes once a week.
feed sth with sth
--Feed houseplants with a liquid fertiliser.

3 ANIMAL/BABY: [I] if a baby or an animal feeds, they eat
--Frogs generally feed at night.
--Let your baby feed as long as she wants.

4 well-fed/under-fed/poorly-fed: having plenty of food or not enough food
--a well-dressed, well-fed woman

5 COMPUTER: [T always + adverb/preposition] to put information into a computer over a period of time
feed sth into sth
--Figures are fed into the computer, which then predicts the likely profit.

6 SUPPLY SOMETHING: [T] to supply something, especially a liquid, gas, or electricity
--The public baths are fed by natural springs.
feed sth to sth
--The sound is fed directly to the headphones.
feed sth with sth
--Laura crouched by the fire, feeding it with dry sticks.

7 PUT SOMETHING INTO SOMETHING: [T] to put something into something else, especially gradually and through a small hole
feed sth into/through sth
--A tube was fed down the patient's throat into her stomach.
feed sth into sth
--She fed her last two coins into the machine for a cup of coffee.
--Shelton fed the electricity meter .

8 INCREASE EMOTION: [T] to increase the strength of an emotion, desire etc
--Her depression grew, fed by her bitter experiences.

9 feed an addiction/need etc: to satisfy a strong need, such as a need for a drug
--He committed both crimes to feed his addiction to heroin.

10 INFORMATION: [T] to give someone information or ideas over a period time
feed sb with sth
--She feeds the media with stories, which is a way of getting free advertising.
feed sth to sb
--US intelligence had been feeding false information to a KGB agent.

11 SPORT: [T] to throw or hit a ball to someone else on your team, especially so that they can make a point
feed sth to sb
--Johnson fed the ball to Kyman, who scored.

12 feed lines/jokes to sb: to say things to another performer so that they can make jokes

13 feed your face: informal to eat a lot of food
stuff yourself

14 TV/RADIO: [T] to send a television or radio programme somewhere so that it can be broadcast

15 feed sb a line: informal to tell someone something which is not true, so that they will do what you want
breast-feed, force-feed, spoon-feed, mouth to feed at mouth1 (10)
feed back phr v
to give advice or criticism to someone about something they have done
feed back on
--We're just waiting for the manager to feed back on it.
feed sth → back (to sb)
--I am grateful to all those who fed back their comments.
--They feed back to the government the reactions of the people affected.
feed into [feed into sth] phr v
to have an effect on something or help to make it happen
--The influence of Italian designer fashion feeds into sports fashion.
feed off [feed off sth] phr v

1 if an animal feeds off something, it gets food from it: --birds that feed off the seeds from trees

2 to use something to increase, become stronger, or succeed - sometimes used to show disapproval: --fad diets that feed off our desire to be thin
feed on [feed on sth] phr v

1 if an animal feeds on a particular food, it usually eats that food: --Owls feed on mice and other small animals.

2 if a feeling or process feeds on something, it becomes stronger because of it: --Prejudice feeds on ignorance.
feed up [feed sb up] phr v
to give someone a lot of food to make them more healthy
American Equivalent: fatten up

feed 2 n ----------

1 baby:
2 animal food:
3 supply:
4 tv/radio/computer:
5 meal: ----------

1 BABY: [C] BrE one of the times when you give milk to a small baby
--the two a.m. feed

2 ANIMAL FOOD: [U] food for animals
--fish feed

3 SUPPLY: [C] a tube or piece of equipment which supplies a machine with something, especially fuel

4 TV/RADIO/COMPUTER: [U and C] when a television or radio signal, computer information etc is sent somewhere, or the connection that is used to do this
--a live satellite feed from the space station

5 MEAL: [C] old-fashioned a big meal