feeding

1. V-T If you feed a person or animal, you give them food to eat and sometimes actually put it in their mouths. 喂养

We brought along pieces of old bread and fed the birds. 我们带了几片陈面包来喂鸟。

2. feedingN-UNCOUNT 喂食

The feeding of dairy cows has undergone a revolution. 奶牛的喂食已经历了一场革命。

3. V-T To feed a family or a community means to supply food for them. 为…提供食物

Feeding a hungry family can be expensive. 为一家子饥饿的人张罗食物要花不少钱。

4. V-I When an animal feeds, it eats or drinks something. (动物) 进食

After a few days the caterpillars stopped feeding. 几天后毛虫停止了进食。

5. V-T/V-I When a baby feeds, or when you feed it, it drinks breast milk or milk from a bottle. 给 (婴儿) 喂奶; (婴儿) 吃奶

When a baby is thirsty, it feeds more often. 婴儿口渴时，吃奶更频繁。

6. V-T To feed something to a place, means to supply it to that place in a steady flow. 供给

...blood vessels that feed blood to the brain. …给大脑供血的血管。

7. V-T If you feed something into a container or piece of equipment, you put it into it. 把…放入 (容器或装置中)

He took the compact disc from her, then fed it into the player. 他从她那儿拿过光盘，然后把它放进播放机里。

8. V-T If you feed a plant, you add substances to it to make it grow well. 给 (植物) 施肥

Feed plants to encourage steady growth. 给植物施肥以促进其不断生长。

9. V-I If one thing feeds on another, it becomes stronger as a result of the other thing's existence. 因...而强壮

The drinking and the guilt fed on each other. 喝酒和犯罪互相滋长。

10. V-T To feed information into a computer means to gradually put it into it. 将 (讯息) 输入

An automatic weather station feeds information on wind direction to the computer. 一个自动化气象站把风向信息输入电脑。

11. N-MASS Animal feed is food given to animals, especially farm animals. 饲料[usu n N]

The grain just rotted and all they could use it for was animal feed. 这些谷物都腐烂了，他们只能将它用作动物饲料。

12. to bite the hand that feeds you→see bite

13. mouths to feed→see mouth