food

/fuːd/ (bre, ipa) · /fuːd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfüd/ (ame, mw)

food — noun

  • foodsingular
  • foodsplural

1. anything that people, animals, or plants eat or take in so they can live and gro

1.名詞A1
釋義

anything that people, animals, or plants eat or take in so they can live and grow

例句

The baby ate all the food on her plate and asked for more.

uncountable noun with 'all the'

Jin bought some fresh food from the market for dinner.

collocation: fresh food

同義詞
  • nourishment

    more formal and technical; focuses on nutrients that help the body grow and stay healthy

  • sustenance

    formal; something that keeps a person or animal alive, often in difficult conditions

  • nutrition

    refers to the process of getting the right kind of food, or the scientific study of food and health

文法句型

eat + food

food + verb (is ready/runs out)

a type/kind of + food

常見錯誤

❌I need to buy some foods for the week.
✅I need to buy some food for the week.
💡'food' is usually uncountable; use the countable form 'foods' only when talking about different types (e.g. 'many healthy foods').

2. ideas, information, or experiences that make you think carefully about a topic o

2.名詞B2
釋義

ideas, information, or experiences that make you think carefully about a topic or issue

例句

The documentary about ocean pollution gave me a lot of food for thought.

fixed phrase: food for thought

Rachid's speech about community service offered food for thought to everyone who listened.

pattern: offer + food for thought + to someone

同義詞
  • stimulus

    more general; anything that makes you act, think, or feel, not necessarily about a serious topic

  • inspiration

    positive and creative; makes you want to write, paint, or create something new

文法句型

give/provide/offer + someone + food for thought

food for thought about + noun phrase

用法筆記

This sense is almost always used inside the fixed expression 'food for thought', which means something worth thinking about seriously. You cannot replace 'food' with another word (*'drink for thought') or change the order (*'thought food').

常見錯誤

❌The book gave me a lot of thought food.
✅The book gave me a lot of food for thought.
💡The correct fixed phrase is 'food for thought'; the words cannot be reversed.