Word · Frequency #10516
feeders
喂食者；喂养者
feeders is the plural of feeder.
核心释义
a person who feeds, or gives food to, another
- 1.
喂养者；喂食者
One who feeds, or gives food to another.
- 2.
正在育肥或适合育肥的动物
an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening
- 3.
进食者
One who feeds, or takes in food.
- 4.
进食以获取营养的人
someone who consumes food for nourishment
- 5.
进料器；供料装置
One who, or that which, feeds material into something (especially a machine).
- 6.
流入主流的支流
a branch that flows into the main stream
- 7.
饲料；喂食用具
That which is used to feed.
- 8.
支流(尤指运河支流)
A tributary stream, especially of a canal.
- 9.
铁路支线
A branch line of a railway.
- 10.
输电线路(为变电站或发射机供电)
A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter.
- 11.
支线船
A feeder ship.
- 12.
瓦斯喷出裂隙(blower的同义词)
Synonym of blower (“fissure from which firedamp issues”).
育肥牲畜；待育肥的动物；进食者；食者；进料者；进料器；喂食器；给食器；支流
用法In use
The bird feeder in the backyard is empty again.
用法提示：feeder 作名词，指给鸟提供食物的装置。
She bought a new automatic feeder for her cat.
用法提示：feeder 作名词，表示自动喂食设备。
Those small bird feeders are easy to clean.
用法提示：feeders 是 feeder 的复数形式，指多个喂鸟器。
a [adjective] feeder
指以某种方式进食的人。
He is a messy feeder.
他吃饭很邋遢。
feeder [animal]
feeder 作定语，指正在育肥或适合育肥的牲畜。
The farmer bought feeder pigs.
这位农民买了育肥小猪。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- feeder cattle
- 育肥牛
- The farmer raised feeder cattle for the local market.那位农民为当地市场饲养育肥牛。
- filter feeder
- 滤食性动物
- A blue whale is a filter feeder that eats tiny krill.蓝鲸是一种以微小磷虾为食的滤食性动物。
- bottom feeder
- 底栖觅食动物
- Catfish are bottom feeders that find food in the mud.鲶鱼是在泥中觅食的底栖动物。
- paper feeder
- （打印机的）进纸器
- The paper feeder in the printer needs cleaning.打印机里的进纸器需要清洁了。
- feeder stream
- 支流
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象一个鸟食罐：feeder 由 feed（喂）+ -er（者）组成，就是喂食的人或喂食器。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：caregiving、industrial machinery、geography (rivers) feeder 的语域因词义而异：表示“喂食者”或“进食者”时通常比较中性，日常口语和书面语都可见；在工业中指“进料装置”，多用于技术语境；在地理中表示“支流”，比较常见于书面描述。总体属于混合语域，具体含义需结合上下文判断。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
与 feeder /ˈfidɚ/ 押韵的有 leader、reader、seeder、cedar，末尾均读 /dɚ/；其中 cedar 拼作 -dar，注意别被拼写误导。fodder 虽也以 -der 结尾，但读 /ˈfɑːdɚ/，重读元音不同，不押韵。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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