feed
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they feed | |
| he / she / it feeds | |
| past simple fed | |
| past participle fed | |
| -ing form feeding |
- [transitive]
to give food to a person or an animal 给（人或动物）食物；喂养；饲养 - feed somebody/something/yourself
Have you fed the cat yet? 你喂了猫没有？ The baby can't feed itself yet (= can't put food into its own mouth). 这个婴儿还不能自己吃东西。 - feed somebody/something sth
It's important to feed children a well-balanced diet. 给孩子吃均衡的饮食很重要。 He has to be fed liquids through a tube in his stomach. 他必须通过胃里的管子喂液体。 - feed somebody/something (on) something
The cattle are fed (on) barley. 牛要喂大麦。 - feed something to somebody/something
The barley is fed to the cattle. 牛喂的是大麦。 - feed somebody/something with something
The animals are fed with hay and grass. 这些动物是用干草和青草喂养的。
Extra ExamplesTopics Animalsa2, Farminga2Most of the crop is fed to the cattle. 这种农作物大部份用来喂牛。 She fed the children on baked beans and fish fingers. 她给孩子们吃烘豆和炸鱼条。 She fed the children on junk food. 她给孩子们吃垃圾食品。 Feed the kids and make sure they're in bed by nine. 给孩子们喂奶，确保他们九点前上床睡觉。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- properly
- well
- poorly
- …
- help (to)
- afford to
- on
- to
- with
- …
- a mouth to feed
- feed somebody/something/yourself
- [intransitive]
(of a baby or an animal 婴儿或动物 to eat food 进食 Extra ExamplesEgrets and a solitary grey heron were busily feeding. 一些白鹭和一只独居的灰苍鹭正忙着进食。 The bears feed voraciously in summer and store energy as fat. 熊在夏季大量进食，以脂肪形式贮存能量。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- voraciously
- mainly
- mostly
- …
- on
- [transitive] feed somebody
to provide food for a person or group of people 养，养活（全家、一群人） They have a large family to feed. 他们要养活一大家人。 There's enough here to feed an army. 这儿的东西足以养活一支军队。 Have they been feeding you well? 他们给你吃得还好吗？ They struggled to feed and clothe the children. 他们努力给孩子们提供食物和衣服。 Having another mouth (= person) to feed can be a strain. 有另一张嘴要喂可能是一种负担。
Extra ExamplesHe could no longer afford to feed his family. 他再也无力养活自己的家人了。 He saw the new baby as just another mouth to feed. 在他看来，这个新生婴儿不过是一张嗷嗷待哺的嘴。 How can we feed a hungry world? 我们如何养活一个饥饿的世界？ Let us discipline ourselves so as to help feed a hungry world. 让我们自律，为这个尚处于飢饿中的世界提供些食物。 The children were poorly fed. 这些孩子营养不良。 My grandmother always feeds me well. 我奶奶总是给我吃得很好。 She could barely feed and clothe herself. 她几乎不会自己吃饭和穿衣。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- properly
- well
- poorly
- …
- help (to)
- afford to
- on
- to
- with
- …
- a mouth to feed
- [transitive] feed something
to give a plant a special substance to make it grow 施（肥等） Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- properly
- well
- poorly
- …
- help (to)
- afford to
- on
- to
- with
- …
- a mouth to feed
- [transitive, often passive]
to give advice, information, etc. to somebody/something 提供（意见或信息等）；灌输 - be fed something
We are constantly fed gossip and speculation by the media. 媒体不断给我们灌输流言蜚语和猜测臆断。 - be fed with something
The media were being fed with accusations and lies. 媒体上满是指责和谎言。 - be fed to somebody
Gossip and speculation are constantly fed to us by the media. 媒体不断把流言蜚语和猜测臆断灌输给我们。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- directly
- constantly
- into
- through
- to
- …
- be fed something
- [transitive, usually passive]
to supply something to somebody/something 供给；供应 - be fed (by something)
The lake is fed by a river. 这个湖由一条河流供给。 - A is fed with B
The electricity line is fed with power through an underground cable. 这条电线的电源是通过地下电缆传输的。 - B is fed into A
Power is fed into the electricity line through an underground cable. 电力通过地下电缆传输到这条电线。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- directly
- constantly
- into
- through
- to
- …
- be fed (by something)
- [transitive]
to put or push something into or through a machine 把…放进机器；将…塞进机器 - feed A (with B)
He fed the meter with coins. 他把硬币投入停车计时收费器。 - feed B into A
He fed coins into the meter. 他把硬币投入停车计时收费器。 The information was fed into the data store. 信息被输入到数据库中。 - feed something into/through something
The fabric is fed through the machine. 布料放进了机器。
Extra ExamplesReceptors constantly feed information into the system. 感受器不断将信息提供给系统。 This feeds the paper through to the printer. 这个可以把纸导入打印机。 The data is fed directly into a computer. 数据直接输入了电脑。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- directly
- constantly
- into
- through
- to
- …
- feed A (with B)
- [transitive] feed something
to satisfy a need, desire, etc. and keep it strong 满足（需要、愿望、欲望等）
give/eat food提供／吃食物
plant植物
give advice/information提供意见／信息
supply供给
put into machine放进机器中
satisfy need满足需要
Word OriginOld English fēdan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voeden and food.
Idioms
bite the hand that feeds you
to harm somebody who has helped you or supported you 伤害恩人；恩将仇报
feed your face
- (informal, usually disapproving)
to eat a lot of food or too much food 大吃一顿；吃得过饱