| 单词 | fodder |
| 释义 | fodder (fɒdəʳ ) 1. uncountable noun Fodder is food that is given to cows, horses, and other animals. ...fodder for horses. The alfalfa plant is widely used as animal fodder. Synonyms: feed, food, rations, tack [informal] 2. uncountable noun If you say that something is fodder for a particular purpose, you mean that it is useful for that purpose and perhaps nothing else. [disapproval] The press conference simply provided more fodder for another attack on his character. Old movies were the cheapest broadcast fodder. Idioms: cannon fodder soldiers who are considered unimportant by their officers and are sent to fight in the most dangerous areas, where they are likely to be killed The fifty-five to sixty-five year-olds would be sent to the front as cannon-fodder. They were to attack ahead of the regular troops and absorb the enemy's fire. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: perfect fodder for In fact, his life story is perfect fodder for a musical. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The sorry saga would have made perfect fodder for some explosive telly. The Sun (2016) The game pie was perfect fodder for our windswept picnics, while the venison steaks were cooked to perfection. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Forest provides timber while as grassy meadows in the forest provide fodder for the cattle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By not doing so it provides fodder to its detractors and, ultimately, risks its long-term future. Times, Sunday Times Such puzzles will always be with us, providing fodder for speculation and debate, but admitting of no definitive solution this side of heaven. Christianity Today The farmer, of course, might argue that it provides fodder for his cattle. Times, Sunday Times I definitely have a wild, free-spirited personality that has provided fodder to the tabloids. Times, Sunday Times The constant partying was not just tabloid fodder. Times, Sunday Times By the end of the week, his private life was tabloid fodder. Times, Sunday Times Events that may have been allowed to stay on tour in the past are perfect tabloid fodder in 2009 and rugby players had to wise up. Times, Sunday Times And the curse of wealth has been tabloid fodder for decades. Times, Sunday Times Yet outside such incidents his selfconfessed 'obsession' with what he did on stage seemed to offer thin gruel as tabloid fodder. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 饲料 Japanese: 飼料 |
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