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feedstock for sth
for 后接产品或工艺，表示“用作……的原料”。
Corn is a major feedstock for ethanol production.
玉米是乙醇生产的主要原料。
原料；工业原料
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原料；工业原料
raw material required for an industrial process
Corn is a major feedstock for ethanol production.
玉米是乙醇生产的主要原料。
构成工业过程主要输入的散装原料。
Any bulk raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process.
The factory uses corn as a feedstock for making ethanol.
这家工厂使用玉米作为生产乙醇的原料。
Agricultural waste can serve as a cheap feedstock for biofuel production.
农业废料可以作为生物燃料生产的一种廉价原料。
A steady supply of feedstock is essential to keep the plant running.
稳定的原料供应对维持工厂运转至关重要。
for 后接产品或工艺，表示“用作……的原料”。
Corn is a major feedstock for ethanol production.
玉米是乙醇生产的主要原料。
as 后可不用冠词；若强调某一种类，也可说 as a feedstock。
The plant uses waste oil as feedstock.
这家工厂使用废油作为原料。
指把某种材料加工成工业原料。
Organic waste can be converted into feedstock for the chemical industry.
有机废弃物可以转化为化学工业的原料。
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The plant feedstocks the reactor with natural gas.
Use this
The plant feeds the reactor with natural gas as feedstock.
feedstock 是名词，指工业原料，不能当动词用；表示“给……加料”或“供给原料”时要用动词 feed，再用 as feedstock 说明该物质是原料。
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The factory needs many feedstock for its machines.
Use this
The factory needs many feedstocks for its machines.
many 后面要接可数名词复数；feedstock 有复数形式 feedstocks，表示多种原料时需加 -s。若表示不可数的原料总量，应说 much feedstock，而不是 many feedstock。
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可再生原料
Many companies are switching to renewable feedstocks to reduce emissions.
许多公司正在改用可再生原料以减少排放。
原料供应
The factory's feedstock supply was interrupted by the storm.
工厂的原料供应因风暴而中断。
原料成本
Rising feedstock costs have squeezed the company's profits.
原料成本上涨挤压了公司的利润。
生物质原料
Wood chips are a common biomass feedstock for this power plant.
木屑是这家发电厂常见的生物质原料。
原料生产
The region increased its feedstock production for the chemical industry.
该地区增加了面向化工行业的原料生产。
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feedstock 拆成 feed（喂）+ stock（库存/原料），想象把原料“喂”给工厂机器，正是工业所需的原材料。
语域：formal 常见场景：industrial processing、chemical and energy engineering、technical documentation 该词为专业术语，通常用于工业、技术或学术性语境，多出现在正式报告、科技文献及化工、能源等行业的资料中，日常口语比较少见。
feedstock 读作 /ˈfiːdstɒk/，由 feed 和 stock 合成。feed 与 need、seed 押韵；stock 与 clock、block、rock、lock 押韵。注意拼写相近的 stork /stɔːk/ 读音不同，不要混淆。
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