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| 单词 | feed |
| 释义 | feed I. transitive verb 1. a. < feed several guests > < feed the chickens > also < feed a baby at the breast > b. < a patient so weak he had to be fed > < feeding a small child in a high chair > c. < looking for what would feed the soul > < a capacity for love that found nothing to feed it > d. < the governed can be unknowingly fed with untruths — Harrison Brown > < thought the man was feeding him all kinds of nonsense > 2. a. < feeding plants with fertilizer > < the intelligence fed by reading > < most adults do stop feeding their minds — R.H.Wittcoff > b. < lakes and rivers which feed the Congo — Tom Marvel > < feeding a furnace with coal > < checks the items that are fed to him by the usual run of press agents — Saturday Review > c. < kept feeding the tall center > d. e. < power is usually fed to the antenna — Radio Amateur's Handbook > also f. (1) (2) 3. a. < the pasture fed the cows poorly > b. < enough wheat to feed the troops for a week > c. < immense learning … drawn upon to feed a fine sense of humor — R.M.Lovett > 4. a. < fed his desire for revenge > < I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him — Shakespeare > b. < feeding false hopes > c. < feed his feelings of indignation > < fed his resentment by mulling over the circumstances that aroused it > < vanity fed by flattery > < sensational … papers fed the public outcry with near-hysterical headlines — Time > < the public acclaim fed the dictator's ego > 5. a. < to feed paper to a printing press > b. 6. a. < feed grain to chickens > b. < feeding coal to a furnace > often in appropriate or convenient amounts < hurried to another hospital to borrow a machine which he hoped would feed the oxygen mechanically — Grace Reiten > — often used with out < the flatbed press fed out papers each afternoon about as fast as I could deal cards — C.C.Wertenbaker > 7. a. b. intransitive verb 1. a. (1) < cattle feeding in a barn > < we determined to feed only once a day at a restaurant — M.C.A.Henniker > (2) < you can feed better here than in most other cities > b. < a vulture feeding on carrion > < an animal feeding off smaller animals > c. < convictions feed … on many things, including items of knowledge and considerations of logic — Lucius Garvin > d. < a gas turbine feeding on the fuel it pumps > 2. 3. a. < the river feeds into the Atlantic ocean > b. < bullets feed into a machine gun > < oil feeds into an engine > < wire feeds into a conduit > 4. Synonyms: < to feed the refugees > < to feed the chickens > < to feed a furnace > < Hugh's growing vanity was fed by the thought that Clara was interested in him — Sherwood Anderson > < the dissatisfactions that feed the cause of the rebels > nourish is applicable to supplying what furnishes elements essential to growth, well-being, and building up < the humid prairie heat, so nourishing to wheat and corn, so exhausting to human beings — Willa Cather > < our press has helped to nourish this legend by stretching and distorting certain of the more horrendous and eccentric features — S.L.A.Marshall > < all writers are nourished by the sense of having an audience — Malcolm Crowley > pasture suggests leading cows or sheep to grassy areas or permitting them to go to such areas < pasturing cows in the meadow > graze is often synonymous with pasture < sheep grazing in a field > but may suggest free ranging over a less circumscribed area < grazing cattle on the range > II. 1. a. obsolete b. < a bath and a shave and clean clothes and a good feed — I.L.Idriess > 2. a. obsolete b. obsolete c. obsolete d. dialect England 3. a. < he needed food for his family and feed for his livestock — A.F.Gustafson > b. c. 4. 5. a. b. (1) < a fine or coarse feed > (2) < a feed of 1/8 inch > specifically c. d. 6. • - off one's feed III. past of fee IV. 1. 2. < scored on a feed from the right wing > |
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