feed: [OE] Feed was formed from the noun food in prehistoric Germanic times. It comes via Old English fēdan from Germanic *fōthjan, a derivative of *fōthon, the noun from which modern English food is descended. Its use as a noun, for ‘food, fodder’, dates from the 16th century. => food
feed (v.)
Old English fedan "nourish, give food to, sustain, foster" (transitive), from Proto-Germanic *fodjan (cognates: Old Saxon fodjan, Old Frisian feda, Dutch voeden, Old High German fuotan, Old Norse foeea, Gothic fodjan "to feed"), from PIE root *pa- "to protect, feed" (see food). Intransitive sense "take food, eat" is from late 14c. Meaning "to supply to as food" is from 1818.
feed (n.)
"action of feeding," 1570s, from feed (v.). Meaning "food for animals" is first attested 1580s. Meaning "a sumptuous meal" is from 1808. Of machinery, "action of or system for providing raw material" from 1892.
雙語例句
1. She is too thin. Feed her up a bit.
她太瘦了，把她養胖點。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He began to feed in the spaghetti, carefully separating the strands.
他開始放入意大利面，小心翼翼地將面一縷縷分開。
來自柯林斯例句
3. To keep their bees from wandering, beekeepers feed them sugar solutions.
為了防止蜜蜂迷路，養蜂人給它們喝糖水。
來自柯林斯例句
4. She criticizes me for the way I feed or change him.
她批評我不會給他喂奶、不會換尿布。
來自柯林斯例句
5. The caterpillars feed on a wide range of trees, shrubs and plants.