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a foodstuff
用于单数，表示“一种食品”。
Rice is a foodstuff consumed by billions of people.
大米是数十亿人食用的一种食品。
食品；粮食
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食品；粮食
a food product or material, especially groceries
Rice is a foodstuff consumed by billions of people.
大米是数十亿人食用的一种食品。
常用复数形式 foodstuffs
可用作食物或食物配料的物质。
A material that may be used as food or as an ingredient of food.
(常复数)杂货店出售的消费品
(usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer
可被用作或制备成食物的物质
a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
The supermarket stocks many foodstuffs, including rice, pasta, and canned beans.
这家超市供应许多食品，包括大米、意大利面和罐装豆子。
These foodstuffs must be kept in a cool, dry place to stay fresh.
这些食品必须存放在阴凉干燥的地方以保持新鲜。
The bakery receives fresh foodstuffs from local farms every morning.
这家面包店每天早上从当地农场收到新鲜的食品。
用于单数，表示“一种食品”。
Rice is a foodstuff consumed by billions of people.
大米是数十亿人食用的一种食品。
foodstuff 常以复数形式出现，泛指各类食品或粮食。
The market sells foodstuffs such as grains, vegetables, and meat.
这个市场出售谷物、蔬菜和肉类等食品。
加定冠词 the 特指某些食品。
The foodstuffs in the pantry are running out.
食品贮藏室里的食品快吃完了。
Not this
There are many foodstuff on the shelf.
Use this
There are many foodstuffs on the shelf.
foodstuff 是可数名词，many 后必须接复数形式 foodstuffs，单数 foodstuff 不能直接跟在 many 后。
Not this
Foodstuff is sold at the market.
Use this
Foodstuffs are sold at the market.
泛指各类食品/粮食时，foodstuff 通常用复数 foodstuffs，因此谓语动词也要用复数 are，而不是 is。
Not this
We don't have much foodstuff left.
Use this
We don't have many foodstuffs left.
foodstuff 是可数名词，不能用 much 修饰；表达“许多食品”时要用 many foodstuffs。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
基本食品
The region relies on imports for basic foodstuffs like rice and flour.
该地区依赖进口大米和面粉等基本食品。
必需食品
During the crisis, the government ensured the supply of essential foodstuffs to every household.
危机期间，政府确保向每户家庭供应必需食品。
主要粮食；主食
Potatoes are a staple foodstuff in many northern European countries.
土豆是许多北欧国家的主要粮食。
进口食品
Supermarkets now stock a wide range of imported foodstuffs from around the world.
超市现在出售来自世界各地的各种进口食品。
食品供应
The cold weather disrupted the foodstuffs supply to remote villages.
寒冷天气中断了偏远村庄的食品供应。
食品工业
She has worked in the foodstuffs industry for over twenty years.
她在食品工业工作了二十多年。
发长 /uː/ 音 (如 food, boot)
Use foodstuff naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 food（食物）和 stuff（东西）拼在一起：stuff 是东西，foodstuff 就是吃的东西——粮油食品。
语域：neutral 常见场景：商业/贸易、新闻报道、法规文本 该词为中性词，日常口语中较少使用，通常出现在商业、新闻或法规等较正式或书面化的语境中；常见复数形式 foodstuffs 泛指食品、粮食。
stuff, cuff, rough, and enough all rhyme with the final -stuff in foodstuff (/ˈfudˌstʌf/), ending in the /ʌf/ sound. Be careful with lookalikes: the -ood in food is pronounced /uːd/, but good /ɡʊd/ sounds different; and -ough in rough/enough is /ʌf/, but in though /ðoʊ/ and through /θruː/ it is not.
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