food

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

food — 名詞

  • 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

食物

人或動植物吃的東西

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.

那個嬰兒把盤子裡的食物都吃完了，還說要再來一些。

uncountable noun with 'all the'

Jin bought some fresh food from the market for dinner.

Jin 從市場買了一些新鮮的食物來做晚餐。

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

精神食糧

引發思考的材料或想法

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.

那部關於海洋污染的紀錄片給了我很多值得思考的東西。

fixed phrase: food for thought

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

Rachid 關於社區服務的演講為每位聽眾提供了發人深省的素材。

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.