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feed.er

<名詞>
1 給食者
a nation that is the feeder of millions in developing countries 此國為開發中國家數百萬人民的供養者
2 專為販賣用的牲畜
3 進料器
4 a. (河流的) 支流
b. (航線, 鐵路的) 支線
5 輸電線
6 (介於天線和發報機之間的) 傳送線

n [C]
1 a container with food for animals or birds: --a bird feeder

2 something that provides supplies for something else: --The Shyok River is a major feeder of the Indus River.
--The length of the feeder pipe is 50m.

3 a piece of equipment that supplies something to a machine: --the printer's paper feeder

4 a person or animal that eats in a particular way: --Catfish are bottom feeders. (=they feed at the bottom of rivers)

5 a small road, railway line, or airline service that takes traffic to a main road, line, or servic