feeder

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈfidɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who feeds, or gives food to another.
  2. One who feeds, or gives food to another.; The participant in feederism who feeds the other (the feedee).
    — Often similes such as 'soft as velvet' or 'fluffy like a cloud' will be employed and the feeder will describe how he feels he can be lost in the enveloping folds of soft flesh.
  3. One who feeds, or takes in food.
    — The patch is kind enough, but a huge feeder, Snail-slow in profit, and he sleeps by day More than the wild-cat; […]
  4. One who, or that which, feeds material into something (especially a machine).
    — When the claxon sounded they immediately stopped what they were doing and uncovered the Oerlikon. Paddy, who was ammunition feeder, stood by while Jock trained the 20mm gun around.
  5. That which is used to feed.
    — bird feeder
  6. A tributary stream, especially of a canal.
    — The surface of the Balaton and the surrounding marshes is not less than 24 German square miles, or 384 English square miles; its principal feeder is the Szala, but all the water it receives appears inconsiderable relatively to its superficial extent, and the quantity lost in evaporation.
  7. A branch line of a railway.
    — This line, described as a valuable feeder to the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway, was opened on July 8, 1836, and superseded the older wagonway.
  8. A transmission line that feeds the electricity for an electricity substation, or for a transmitter.
  9. Ellipsis of feeder school. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
  10. A feeder ship.
  11. A judge whose law clerks are often selected to become clerks for the Supreme Court. US
  12. The pitcher. archaic,slang
  13. A player whose character is killed by the opposing player or team more than once, deliberately or through lack of skills and experience, thus helping the opposing side. derogatory
  14. One who abets another. obsolete
    — Go with me; if you like upon report The soil, the profit, and this kind of life, I will your very faithful feeder be, And buy it with your gold right suddenly.
  15. A parasite. obsolete
  16. Synonym of blower (“fissure from which firedamp issues”).

词形变化

feeders plural

词汇关系

衍生词
barfeeder birdfeeder boobfeeder bottlefeeder bottom feeder breastfeeder feeder cattle feeder fish feeder fund feeder head feederism feeder line feederliner feeder reservoir feeder school feeder station filter feeder fluid feeder foul feeder nonfeeder overfeeder puzzle feeder snake feeder underfeeder wedge-feeder

词源

From Middle English feedere, federe, fedare, equivalent to feed + -er.
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