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underfeed

/uhn-der-feed for 1; uhn-der-feed for 2/US // ˌʌn dərˈfid for 1; ˈʌn dɛrˌfid for 2 //

饲料不足,下料,底部喂食,底部喂养

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    un·der·fed, un·der·feed·ing.

    • : to feed insufficiently.
    • : to feed with fuel from beneath.

Examples

  • The most complacent Britisher cannot hope to draw off the life-blood, and underfeed, and keep it up forever.

  • Underfeed your rank and file, and what sort of a fight are you going to put up against your rivals.

  • It is a much more serious risk to overfeed the baby than to underfeed him.

  • One of these boilers is equipped with a Jones underfeed stoker, and is baffled in the regular way.

  • A great many breeders underfeed their young stock to stop growth, which I believe to be a very grave mistake.