overfeed

IPA/ˌəʊvəˈfiːd/
KK[ˌovɚfˈid]IPA/ˌəʊvərˈfiːd/

overfeed — verb

  • overfeedpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • overfeedshe / she / it
  • overfedpast simple
  • overfeeding-ing form
  • overfeededpast participle

1. to provide someone or an animal with an amount of food that harms their health o

1.動詞及物B1
釋義

to provide someone or an animal with an amount of food that harms their health or causes weight gain because it is more than the body needs — for example, feeding a pet larger portions than a vet recommends, or giving a child too many snacks between meals.

例句

The vet warned Mei-Lin not to overfeed her cat, which had gained too much weight.

warned [person] not to overfeed [pet]

Diego worried that the neighbours would overfeed his goldfish while he was on holiday.

同義詞
  • overnourish

    more clinical; used mainly in medical or nutritional writing about diet balance

  • stuff

    informal; implies forcing food on someone unpleasantly ('Don't stuff the children with cake before dinner.')

  • overindulge

    gentler tone of excessive leniency; can be reflexive ('overindulge oneself')

反義詞
  • underfeed

    to give too little food, the opposite problem

  • starve

    much stronger; to cause to suffer from lack of food

文法句型

overfeed + object

overfeed + object + with + food/type of food

be overfed

用法筆記

Often appears in warnings or advice from professionals such as vets, doctors, or nutritionists. Frequently paired with modal verbs like 'should not', 'must not', or 'be careful not to'.

常見錯誤

❌I overfed the garden plants with fertiliser.
✅I over-fertilised the garden plants.
💡'overfeed' is used for living beings that eat food, not for plants or non-living things.
❌The baby overfed itself at dinner.
✅The parents overfed the baby at dinner.
💡'overfeed' usually means someone else gives too much food; to talk about eating too much yourself, use 'overeat' or 'eat too much'.