feed: [OE] Feed was formed from the noun food in prehistoric Germanic times. It comes via Old English fēdan from Germanic *fōthjan, a derivative of *fōthon, the noun from which modern English food is descended. Its use as a noun, for ‘food, fodder’, dates from the 16th century. => food
Old English fedan "nourish, give food to, sustain, foster" (transitive), from Proto-Germanic *fodjan (cognates: Old Saxon fodjan, Old Frisian feda, Dutch voeden, Old High German fuotan, Old Norse foeða, Gothic fodjan "to feed"), from PIE root *pa- "to protect, feed" (see food). Intransitive sense "take food, eat" is from late 14c. Meaning "to supply to as food" is from 1818.
"action of feeding," 1570s, from feed (v.). Meaning "food for animals" is first attested 1580s. Meaning "a sumptuous meal" is from 1808. Of machinery, "action of or system for providing raw material" from 1892.
双语例句
1. She is too thin. Feed her up a bit.
她太瘦了，把她养胖点。
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2. He began to feed in the spaghetti, carefully separating the strands.
他开始放入意大利面，小心翼翼地将面一缕缕分开。
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3. To keep their bees from wandering, beekeepers feed them sugar solutions.
为了防止蜜蜂迷路，养蜂人给它们喝糖水。
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4. She criticizes me for the way I feed or change him.
她批评我不会给他喂奶、不会换尿布。
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5. The caterpillars feed on a wide range of trees, shrubs and plants.
