feed
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 饲料，一餐，饲养
- vt.
- 喂，饲养，放牧，靠...为生
- vi.
- 吃东西，用餐，流入
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演变路径（由近及远）
原始词根
原始印欧语 *peh₂-
词源说明
From Middle English feden, from Old English fēdan (“to feed”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną (“to feed”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”). Cognate with West Frisian fiede (“to nourish, feed”), Dutch voeden (“to feed”), Danish føde (“to bring forth, feed”), Swedish föda (“to bring forth, feed”), Icelandic fæða (“to feed”), and more distantly with Latin pāscō (“feed, nourish”, verb) through Indo-European. More at food, fodder.
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
- (intransitive) To eat (usually of animals).
- (ditransitive) To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
- (transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.
- (transitive) To supply (a machine) with something to be processed.
- (transitive, figurative) To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).
- (transitive) To supply with something.
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演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English fede, fed, from the verb (see above). Alternatively, perhaps from Old Norse fœða (“nourishment, food”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną (“to feed”), whence also Old English fēdan (“to feed”).
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (uncountable) Food
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词源说明
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- simple past and past participle of fee