feeder
feeder — 名詞
- feedersingular
- feedersplural
1. a small container or holder that you hang outside or place in a cage so that bir
餵食器
讓動物自行取食的容器
a small container or holder that you hang outside or place in a cage so that birds, fish, or other animals can come and take food from it.
Tara filled the bird feeder in her garden with sunflower seeds.
Tara 在她的花園裡把鳥類餵食器裝滿向日葵籽。
compound: bird feeder
A grey squirrel kept stealing peanuts from the feeder on the back fence.
一隻灰松鼠一直從後院籬笆上的餵食器偷走花生。
common pattern: feeder + on + location
Christopher cleaned the fish feeder every Sunday before refilling it.
Christopher 每個星期天都會清洗魚飼料餵食器，再重新裝填飼料。
The park rangers installed three new deer feeders along the forest trail.
公園管理員沿著森林步道安裝了三個新的鹿用餵食器。
Hummingbirds gathered around the red feeder hanging from the porch.
蜂鳥聚集在掛在門廊上的紅色餵食器旁。
文法句型
bird feeder
fish feeder
用法筆記
Usually appears in compounds naming the animal it serves: bird feeder, hummingbird feeder, fish feeder, deer feeder. The animal name comes before 'feeder'.
常見錯誤
2. a part inside a machine that automatically moves material, such as paper, wire,
進料裝置
機器中自動輸送材料的部件
a part inside a machine that automatically moves material, such as paper, wire, or grain, from a supply area into the working section of the machine.
The printer's paper feeder jammed halfway through Indra's exam papers.
印表機的進紙裝置在 Indra 的考卷印到一半時卡紙了。
compound: paper feeder
Leo replaced a broken wire feeder on the welding robot at the factory.
Leo 更換了工廠焊接機器人上一個壞掉的送線裝置。
compound: wire feeder
The mill's grain feeder slows down whenever the hopper runs low.
磨坊的進穀裝置只要料斗存量不足就會減速。
Cyrus designed an automatic feeder that drops one screw at a time onto the belt.
Cyrus 設計了一台自動進料機，可以一次將一顆螺絲投到輸送帶上。
文法句型
paper feeder
automatic feeder
用法筆記
Often appears in compounds naming the material moved (paper feeder, grain feeder) or the speed quality (automatic feeder, manual feeder).
3. a baby, child, or animal described by the way they eat or by what they eat, espe
進食者
依進食習慣形容的人或動物
a baby, child, or animal described by the way they eat or by what they eat, especially when the eating habit is worth noting.
Daichi's baby sister is a slow feeder and takes nearly an hour for one bottle.
Daichi 的妹妹是個吃得很慢的寶寶，喝一瓶奶要將近一小時。
common pattern: slow feeder
Owls are night feeders and only hunt for mice after sunset.
貓頭鷹是夜間進食的動物，只在日落之後才出來獵捕老鼠。
common pattern: night feeder (compound)
Sivan warned that the puppy was a fussy feeder and would refuse cheap kibble.
Sivan 警告說那隻小狗很挑食，會拒絕便宜的乾糧。
Bottom feeders like catfish search the riverbed for scraps and dead plants.
像鯰魚這類底棲進食的魚類，會在河床上搜尋食物殘渣和死掉的水草。
Nia said her newborn was a hungry feeder right from the first day.
Nia 說她剛出生的寶寶從第一天起就是個食量大的進食者。
- eater
more general; 'a picky eater' is the everyday equivalent of 'a fussy feeder'
文法句型
fussy/picky feeder
[type] + feeder
用法筆記
Most common with a describing word in front: slow feeder, fussy feeder, night feeder, bottom feeder. Rarely used on its own to mean 'someone who eats'.
常見錯誤
4. a smaller river, road, railway line, or service that joins a larger one and brin
支流；支線
匯入主流或主線的較小路線
a smaller river, road, railway line, or service that joins a larger one and brings water, traffic, or passengers into it.
Three small feeders bring fresh mountain water into Lake Renata each spring.
每年春天會有三條小支流把山上的清水注入 Renata 湖。
feeder + into + larger body
Dylan drove along a narrow feeder that joined the main highway near the airport.
Dylan 沿著一條狹窄的支線道路開車，在機場附近接上主要高速公路。
feeder + joined + main road
The town's bus service runs as a feeder to the main train station.
鎮上的公車路線是通往主要火車站的接駁線。
Several rocky feeders pour into the Yamuna River during the monsoon season.
雨季期間有好幾條多石的支流注入亞穆納河。
- main
the larger central road, river, or line that the feeder joins
文法句型
feeder + into/to + [larger thing]
用法筆記
Often used attributively as 'feeder road', 'feeder stream', 'feeder line', 'feeder bus'. The structure highlights that the smaller thing exists to serve a larger one.
5. an old-fashioned word for a cloth or plastic cover tied around a small child's n
圍兜
繫在幼兒頸間保護衣物的布巾
an old-fashioned word for a cloth or plastic cover tied around a small child's neck to keep food and drink off their clothes during meals.
Grandma tied a cotton feeder around Jude before serving the soup.
外婆在端上湯之前，幫 Jude 繫上一條棉質圍兜。
tied + a feeder + around + child
Maja kept her grandmother's hand-stitched feeder as a family keepsake.
Maja 把外婆手工縫製的圍兜當作家族紀念品保存下來。
Old shops in the village still sell woollen feeders for newborn babies.
村裡的老店仍然有販售給新生兒使用的羊毛圍兜。
The nurse handed Lakan a clean feeder before feeding the toddler her porridge.
在餵小女孩吃粥之前，護士遞給 Lakan 一條乾淨的圍兜。
- bib
the everyday modern word; use this in most contexts
文法句型
tie/put on + a feeder
用法筆記
Mostly heard in older British English; today most speakers say 'bib' instead. You will mainly meet this sense in older books or family conversations.
6. in farming, a young animal such as a calf or pig that is being given extra food
肉用幼畜
為快速增重販售而養的幼畜
in farming, a young animal such as a calf or pig that is being given extra food so its weight grows quickly before it is sold for meat.
Élise's grandfather buys young feeders at the spring auction every March.
Élise 的祖父每年三月都會在春季拍賣會上購買年輕的肉用幼畜。
plural countable: feeders at the auction
Each feeder calf gains nearly a kilo a day on the new grain mix.
每頭肉用小牛靠著新的穀物飼料每天可以增重將近一公斤。
compound: feeder calf
The barn was full of feeder pigs waiting for transport to the meat market.
穀倉裡擠滿了等著運往肉品市場的肉用小豬。
Healthy feeders sell for nearly double the price of weaker animals.
健康的肉用幼畜售價將近是體弱動物的兩倍。
- stocker
American farming term for a young animal being raised on grass before fattening; an earlier stage than feeder
文法句型
feeder + [livestock noun]
用法筆記
Most common in American farming language as part of compounds: feeder calf, feeder pig, feeder lamb. The single noun 'feeder' alone is mainly used among farmers and livestock traders.
feeder — 形容詞
- feederpositive
- feederercomparative
- feederestsuperlative
1. describing a smaller road, school, river, or service that joins onto or sends pe
支線的
通往或匯入較大主線的
describing a smaller road, school, river, or service that joins onto or sends people or things into a larger one of the same kind.
The new feeder road links three villages to the main coastal highway.
這條新的支線道路把三個村莊與主要的沿海高速公路連接起來。
common collocation: feeder road
Tara teaches at a feeder school that sends most pupils on to the central high school.
Tara 在一所支線小學任教，大多數學生畢業後都會升上中央高中。
common collocation: feeder school
Local councils added two feeder bus routes to reduce traffic near the airport.
地方議會增加了兩條支線公車路線，以減少機場附近的車流量。
The small feeder river dries up completely during the August heatwave.
那條小小的支流河在八月的熱浪期間會完全乾涸。
- tributary
more formal; mostly used of rivers
- main
the larger central road, river, line, or school that the feeder joins
文法句型
feeder + [noun]
用法筆記
Always used before the noun, never after a verb like 'be'. Most common in fixed compounds: feeder road, feeder school, feeder line, feeder bus, feeder river.