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feeder

/fee-der/US // ˈfi dər //UK // (ˈfiːdə) //

饲养员,馈线,馈赠者,饲料

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that supplies food or feeds something.
    • : a bin or boxlike device from which farm animals may eat, especially such a device designed to allow a number of chickens to feed simultaneously or to release a specific amount of feed at regular intervals.
    • : a person or thing that takes food or nourishment.
    • : a livestock animal that is fed an enriched diet to fatten it for market.Compare stocker.
    • : a person or device that feeds a machine, printing press, etc.
    • : a tributary stream.
    • : bird feeder.
    • : feeder line.
    • : feeder road.
    • : Also feed. Electricity. a conductor, or group of conductors, connecting primary equipment in an electric power system.
    • : British. a baby's bib.
    • : Theater Slang. straight man.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : being, functioning as, or serving as a feeder.
    • : pertaining to livestock to be fattened for market.

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Examples

  • Cats that started using puzzle feeders actually brought home more wildlife.

  • There’s also a risk of the disease being transferred from one bird species to another due to the intermingling that occurs at feeders — something that’s rare in nature.

  • Stigma sanctioned by GOP bottom feeders like Pence is a major factor behind those tragic deaths.

  • Five minutes later, the hummingbird flew to the feeder and Bruce shut the door.

  • University Avenue and El Cajon Boulevard and their feeder streets can’t be widened.

  • At first Wales and Sanger conceived of Wikipedia merely as an adjunct to Nupedia, sort of like a feeder product or farm team.

  • Counting the visitors to the bird feeder would probably be pushing it.

  • Inside a feeder school for The Family, a secretive global network of evangelical power players.

  • Many comedians have rejected the bro code and pushed back against resorting to bottom-feeder rape punchlines for cheap laughs.

  • They also need a voice in land rights and decisions to build feeder roads that make it possible to get their goods to market.

  • It is the Book of Howth which accuses Sidney of being a ‘lusty feeder and surfeiter.’

  • The Wye is the most important feeder of the Derwent, and runs through scenery that is romantically beautiful.

  • Two miles further down, on the west side, the Ouse receives another important feeder in the Aire.

  • It is very largely a bottom feeder and, therefore, rather of a sluggish nature.

  • While the pressman is laying out his plates the feeder should be cutting thin sheets of paper the size of one of the plates.