fodder

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n. 饲料, 草料, 素材, 弹药 vt. 喂

发音

UK /ˈfɒdə/
US /ˈfɑdɚ/

词形变化

fodders 复数 fodders foddered foddering fodders 三单 foddering 现在分词 foddered 过去式 foddered 过去分词

别名

fother fudder

教材释义与例句

名词

饲料；素材

动词

喂

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.

    饲料

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities, generally around 1000 kg.

    可数 历史 不可数
  3. 3.

    Tracing paper.

    可数 俚语 不可数 艺术 工程
  4. 4.

    Stuff; material; something that serves as inspiration or encouragement, especially for satire or humour.

    可数 比喻 不可数
  5. 5.

    The text to be operated on (anagrammed, etc.) within a clue.

    可数 不可数 游戏
  6. 6.

    People considered to have negligible value and easily available or expendable.

    可数 不可数

    Innocent people who are arrested become fodder for the justice system.

    cannon fodder

v.
  1. 1.

    To feed animals (with fodder).

    方言

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

cannon fodder

上位词 3

feed soldier provender

下位词 10

grass hay pasture forage alfalfa broad bean eatage horse bean pasturage stover
动词

上位词 2

give feed

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English fodder, foder, from Old English fōdor (“feed; fodder”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, from *fōdô (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”). Compare Saterland Frisian Fodder, West Frisian foer, Dutch voer (“pasture; fodder”), German Futter (“fodder; feed”), Danish foder, Swedish foder. More at food.

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