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词汇 fodder
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Definition of fodder in English:

fodder

noun ˈfɒdəˈfɑdər
mass noun
  • 1Food, especially dried hay or straw, for cattle and other livestock.

    饲料,草料

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Maize and beet are widely grown in the Park by organic and non-organic farmers as livestock fodder crops.
    • The massive use of fertilizers and industrial fodder for livestock also contributed to the increase in productivity per head.
    • The trees inhibited the growth of fodder for livestock, and many peasants destroyed or crippled the oaks in their fields.
    • Of course, a Laloo or two might deal with straw meant as fodder for cattle, but he is definitely no man of straw!
    • In a stilt house, the shed under the living floor serves as shelter for livestock and storage for fodder.
    • Neither do flowers provide food for the family and fodder for the cattle.
    • Farmers need a helping hand with assistance for the transport of fodder, livestock and water.
    • In other words, it should provide and recycle everything it needs: livestock fodder, fertilizer, and nutrients.
    • The drying up of food, fodder and feed will eventually affect milk production.
    • All that land has been occupied by this company and none of the crops which are grown on that land are useful as fodder for livestock.
    • The horse chestnut seed is poisonous to humans if eaten as a food, though the seeds are sometimes fed to horses and cattle as fodder.
    • Also, she continues, weeds are fodder for livestock and a large source of leafy greens in a rural family's diet.
    • In winter, cattle eat fodder which lacks the pigment and dairy products are naturally paler.
    • And there are few signs of improvement on the horizon: Farmers in France are dipping into their winter fodder stocks to feed cattle.
    • But much more fertile land is required to grow food and fodder for their livestock.
    • Vast acreages of soybeans are grown as fodder for cattle and pigs.
    • The lower level is used to house livestock, fodder, food, and firewood, while the upper story holds the living quarters.
    • He said the worries of the farmers facing the shortage of green fodder for their cattle may soon be over.
    • Where possible avoid purchasing fodder from other livestock farms.
    • There's also a desperate need to help people have their livestock survive by getting fodder to them.
    Synonyms
    feed, food, foodstuff, herbage, pasturage
    1. 1.1 A person or thing regarded only as material for a specific use.
      特定用途的人(或物、素材、原料)
      young people ending up as factory fodder

      最终只能干干工厂活的年轻人。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • In her mind, slave markets were merely fodder for tales designed to shock defiant little girls into greater obedience.
      • The works of French painters were occasional fodder for artistic courtiers of Louis XV.
      • Apple manipulates several narratives to continue to make its products interesting fodder for journalists.
      • Since when had Jaws, the film that inaugurated the summer blockbuster, been regarded as cult fodder?
      • Wines produced on the shores of Lake Garda are often regarded as tourist fodder by lovers of serious Italian rossi.
      • Meanwhile, I am glad that I am fodder for computational linguists.
      • One had only to turn elsewhere in the Times to find the kind of news that is fodder for editorial writers.
      • I offer this material as fodder for lexicographers, along with some speculations about the development of innovative moreso/ more so.
      • Will the paper - provisionally called The World - ever become more than fodder for media columns?
      • There is more to one of Scotland's top comedians than reality-TV fodder and tabloid headlines.
      • This would also provide tremendous fodder for analysis of the social networks implicit in links.
      • Either of these would make excellent narrative fodder, but I fear exposure through specific disclosure and the spectre of losing my job.
      • All of the people around her were military fodder; completely uninterested, unconcerned with anything philosophical.
      • And, at one level, it's hard to blame workers because they were disposable fodder for employers for long enough.
      • While ‘love’ has been a favorite fodder for poets and playwrights, scientific efforts have been less prolific.
      • A negotiating victory ‘over Europe’ would provide referendum fodder for the most jingoistic elements of the media.
      • What better fodder for movie makers or military strategists?
      • A thoroughly good time was had by all, and the waiter will have therapy fodder for years.
      • So is all of this media attention just summertime fodder for news-starved journalists?
      • Lucky for us, scientists are providing ample fodder.
verb ˈfɒdəˈfɑdər
[with object]
  • Give fodder to (cattle or other livestock)

    用饲料喂(牛等家畜)

    the animals need foddering

    这些动物需要喂饲料了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The preparation was top class and credit to the ladies committee who were at their best and made sure everyone was watered and foddered.
    • Celia Fiennes in 1698 described ‘villages of sad little huts I took them at first sight for barns to fodder cattle in.’
    • Irish livestock hauliers make use of staging posts to ensure that animals are rested, foddered and watered at regular intervals.

Origin

Old English fōdor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voeder and German Futter, also to food.

  • food from Old English:

    Recorded since the beginning of the 11th century, food is related to fodder (Old English) and foster (Old English), originally found in the sense ‘feed, nourish’. It can refer to mental as well as physical nourishment—the expression food for thought to indicate something that deserves serious consideration has been in use since the early 19th century. Cannon fodder for soldiers regarded as expendable dates from the First World War.

Rhymes

dodder, plodder, prodder

Definition of fodder in US English:

fodder

nounˈfädərˈfɑdər
  • 1Food, especially dried hay or feed, for cattle and other livestock.

    饲料,草料

    Example sentencesExamples
    • All that land has been occupied by this company and none of the crops which are grown on that land are useful as fodder for livestock.
    • Also, she continues, weeds are fodder for livestock and a large source of leafy greens in a rural family's diet.
    • The drying up of food, fodder and feed will eventually affect milk production.
    • Neither do flowers provide food for the family and fodder for the cattle.
    • Maize and beet are widely grown in the Park by organic and non-organic farmers as livestock fodder crops.
    • But much more fertile land is required to grow food and fodder for their livestock.
    • The trees inhibited the growth of fodder for livestock, and many peasants destroyed or crippled the oaks in their fields.
    • In winter, cattle eat fodder which lacks the pigment and dairy products are naturally paler.
    • Of course, a Laloo or two might deal with straw meant as fodder for cattle, but he is definitely no man of straw!
    • In other words, it should provide and recycle everything it needs: livestock fodder, fertilizer, and nutrients.
    • There's also a desperate need to help people have their livestock survive by getting fodder to them.
    • In a stilt house, the shed under the living floor serves as shelter for livestock and storage for fodder.
    • Vast acreages of soybeans are grown as fodder for cattle and pigs.
    • Farmers need a helping hand with assistance for the transport of fodder, livestock and water.
    • Where possible avoid purchasing fodder from other livestock farms.
    • The massive use of fertilizers and industrial fodder for livestock also contributed to the increase in productivity per head.
    • He said the worries of the farmers facing the shortage of green fodder for their cattle may soon be over.
    • The horse chestnut seed is poisonous to humans if eaten as a food, though the seeds are sometimes fed to horses and cattle as fodder.
    • The lower level is used to house livestock, fodder, food, and firewood, while the upper story holds the living quarters.
    • And there are few signs of improvement on the horizon: Farmers in France are dipping into their winter fodder stocks to feed cattle.
    Synonyms
    feed, food, foodstuff, herbage, pasturage
    1. 1.1 A person or thing regarded only as material for a specific use.
      特定用途的人(或物、素材、原料)
      young people ending up as factory fodder

      最终只能干干工厂活的年轻人。

      See also cannon fodder
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Apple manipulates several narratives to continue to make its products interesting fodder for journalists.
      • All of the people around her were military fodder; completely uninterested, unconcerned with anything philosophical.
      • I offer this material as fodder for lexicographers, along with some speculations about the development of innovative moreso/ more so.
      • Either of these would make excellent narrative fodder, but I fear exposure through specific disclosure and the spectre of losing my job.
      • A thoroughly good time was had by all, and the waiter will have therapy fodder for years.
      • This would also provide tremendous fodder for analysis of the social networks implicit in links.
      • Lucky for us, scientists are providing ample fodder.
      • The works of French painters were occasional fodder for artistic courtiers of Louis XV.
      • One had only to turn elsewhere in the Times to find the kind of news that is fodder for editorial writers.
      • There is more to one of Scotland's top comedians than reality-TV fodder and tabloid headlines.
      • Wines produced on the shores of Lake Garda are often regarded as tourist fodder by lovers of serious Italian rossi.
      • What better fodder for movie makers or military strategists?
      • Will the paper - provisionally called The World - ever become more than fodder for media columns?
      • In her mind, slave markets were merely fodder for tales designed to shock defiant little girls into greater obedience.
      • A negotiating victory ‘over Europe’ would provide referendum fodder for the most jingoistic elements of the media.
      • Meanwhile, I am glad that I am fodder for computational linguists.
      • And, at one level, it's hard to blame workers because they were disposable fodder for employers for long enough.
      • Since when had Jaws, the film that inaugurated the summer blockbuster, been regarded as cult fodder?
      • So is all of this media attention just summertime fodder for news-starved journalists?
      • While ‘love’ has been a favorite fodder for poets and playwrights, scientific efforts have been less prolific.
verbˈfädərˈfɑdər
[with object]
  • Give fodder to (cattle or other livestock).

    用饲料喂(牛等家畜)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Irish livestock hauliers make use of staging posts to ensure that animals are rested, foddered and watered at regular intervals.
    • Celia Fiennes in 1698 described ‘villages of sad little huts I took them at first sight for barns to fodder cattle in.’
    • The preparation was top class and credit to the ladies committee who were at their best and made sure everyone was watered and foddered.

Origin

Old English fōdor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voeder and German Futter, also to food.

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