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feed upon

/fiːd əˈpɒn/

翻译: 动词短语,指以某物为食,即把某物当作食物吃掉;也用于比喻义,表示从某事物中获取支持、利益或滋养。

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词语关系

verb

/fiːd əˈpɒn/C1formal
  • zh动词短语,指以某物为食,即把某物当作食物吃掉;也用于比喻义,表示从某事物中获取支持、利益或滋养。

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of consuming something as food, or metaphorically, deriving sustenance or benefit from something.

不可数 · 不规则动词 · 不及物 · 短语动词,不可分

  1. Consume as foodformal

    To eat something as a source of nourishment.

    zh以…为食

    • Caterpillars feed upon the leaves of the plant.
    • The birds feed upon seeds and insects.
    • Many animals feed upon grass and other vegetation.

    同义词consumedevoureatfeed oningestlive on

  2. Use as a sourceformal

    To derive energy, support, or sustenance from something.

    zh以…为食

    • The media often feeds upon public fear and anxiety.
    • His creativity feeds upon his daily experiences.
    • The rumor feeds upon people's curiosity.

    同义词depend onexploitfeed onrely onuseutilize

词形
  • fed upon past participle
  • fed upon past simple
  • feeding upon present participle
  • feeds upon third person singular

基本动词feed

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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