Love me, feed me, and never leave me.
                               ——《Garfield》
爱我,养我,永远不能抛弃我。                                 

              ——《加菲猫》

 

一、下面我们来看看feed有几种含义

 

n.

1.饲料；牧草；（动物或婴儿的）一餐

 

Corn is used as animal feed.

玉米被用作牲口饲料。

 

2.【机】进料器，进料量 [C]

 

In finish cutting we increase the speed and decrease the feed.

精切时，我们增加速度，减少进给量。

 

3.【英】喜剧演员的逗噱搭档 [C]

v.

1.喂（养）；饲（养）(+on/with) [T]

 

What do you feed the poultry on?

你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?

 

2.进（料）；投入；供给；提供(+with) [T]

 

The crops are to be fed with fertilizer.

应该给这些庄稼施肥。

 

3.抚养，养育，培养[T]

 

Parents do much for their children: they bring them up, feed them and guide them through this world.

父母以数不尽的方法抚养孩子长大，哺育孩子，引导孩子进入这个世界。

 

4.满足（欲望等）；加深（恶感等）[T]

 

He did it to feed her vanity.

他那么做是为了满足她的虚荣心。

 

5.吃；以...为食物；以...为能源(+on) [I]

 

The bears feed voraciously in summer and store energy as fat.

熊在夏季吃很多东西，以脂肪形式储存能量。

 

二、下面我们来学习一下含有feed的常见短语

 

chicken feed

phr. 低微的薪水，很小数量的钱；零钱

 

feed back

反作用,[电子]反馈

 

feed on

v.以...为食,以...为能源

 

feed in

输入，进(料)

 

feed grain

饲料谷物


三、学会feed的用法了吗？来做个小测试吧~

 

 ____  plants to encourage steady growth.

给植物施肥促使其不断生长。