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单词 feeder
释义
feeder
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WORD FAMILY
feeder: feeders, self-feeder+/fed: ill-fed, overfed, underfed, unfed/feed: fed, feeder, feeding, feeds, overfeed/feeding: feedings/overfeed: overfeeding, overfeeds
USAGE EXAMPLES
A red squirrel sat in the feeder, chewing with gusto.
Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016)
His four other Iowa firms mainly manufacture agricultural equipment like manure spreaders and bale feeders.
Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016)
There’s abundant street parking, with meters along Georgia Avenue and residential permit parking along some feeder side streets.
Washington Post(Dec 14, 2016)
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1n an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds
Syn|Hyper
bird feeder, birdfeeder
device
an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
2n someone who consumes food for nourishment
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
eater
devourer
someone who eats greedily or voraciously
diner
a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant)
dunker
an eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it
glutton, gourmand, gourmandizer, trencherman
a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
gobbler
a hasty eater who swallows large mouthfuls
luncher
someone who is eating lunch
mouth
a person conceived as a consumer of food
mycophage, mycophagist
a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms)
nosher, snacker
someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals
omnivore
a person who eats all kinds of foods
picknicker, picnicker
a person who is picnicking
gorger, scoffer
someone who eats food rapidly and greedily
vegetarian
eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat or fish or (often) any animal products
carver, cutter
someone who carves the meat
dining companion, tablemate
someone you dine with
vegan
a strict vegetarian; someone who eats no animal or dairy products at all
consumer
a person who uses goods or services
3n an animal that feeds on a particular source of food
a bark feeder
a mud feeder
Hyper
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
2
n a branch that flows into the main stream
Syn|Ant|Hyper
affluent, confluent, tributary
distributary
a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it
branch
a stream or river connected to a larger one
3
n a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material
the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock
Syn|Hyper
self-feeder
machine
any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
4
n an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening
Hyper
domestic animal, domesticated animal
any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment
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