n.

1. （動物或嬰兒的）一餐[C]
   She gave her baby four feeds a day.

   她每天餵嬰兒四頓。

2. 飼料；牧草[U]
   Corn is used as animal feed.

   玉米被用作牲口飼料。

3. 【機】進料器[C]
4. 【英】喜劇演員的逗噱搭檔[C]

vt.

1. 餵（養）；飼（養）[（+on/with）]
   We feed the birds every day.

   我們每天給鳥餵食。

   They fed him on biscuits.

   他們用餅乾餵他。

2. 進（料）；投入；供給；提供[（+with）]
   This moving belt feeds the machine with raw material.

   這條傳送帶供給機器所需之原料。

3. 【口】向……提供[O1]
   They fed him information.

   他們向他提供信息。

4. 撫養（家庭）
   He has a large family to feed.

   他有一個大家庭要撫養。

5. 滿足（慾望等）；加深（惡感等）
   He did it to feed her vanity.

   他那麼做是為了滿足她的虛榮心。

vi.

1. 吃；以……為食物；以……為能源[（+on）]
   Sheep feed on grass.

   羊吃的是草。

v.

1. give food to.
   ▸provide an adequate supply of food for.
2. take food; eat.
   ▸ (feed on/off) derive regular nourishment from (a substance).
3. supply with material, power, information, etc.
   ▸prompt (an actor) with (a line).
   ▸(in ball games) pass (the ball) to a player.
4. pass gradually through a confined space.
5. (feed back) (of an electrical or other system) produce feedback.

n.

1. an act of feeding or of being fed.
   ▸food for domestic animals.
2. a device or pipe for supplying material to a machine.
   ▸the supply of raw material to a machine or device.
   ▸a broadcast distributed by a satellite or network from a central source to a large number of radio or television stations.