fodder


n. 饲料;素材

vt. 喂

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中文词源

fodder 饲料,炮灰

来自food, 食物。该物用做动物的饲料,草料。

英文词源

fodder
fodder: see food
fodder (n.)
Old English fodder "food," especially "hay, straw, or other bulk food for cattle," from Proto-Germanic *fodram (cognates: Old Norse foðr, Middle Dutch voeder, Old High German fuotar, German Futter), from PIE *pa-trom, suffixed form of *pa- "to feed" (see food).

中文解释

food食物feed进食fodder草料,饲料。

实用例句

1. The alfalfa plant is widely used as animal fodder.
苜蓿科植物广泛用作动物饲料。
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2. Old movies were the cheapest broadcast fodder.
老电影是最廉价的播放素材。
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3. The conscripts were treated as cannon fodder.
应征入伍者被当做炮灰。
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4. Many cynical managers see employees as cannon fodder.
许多自私自利的经理视员工如草芥。
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5. This story will be more fodder for the gossip columnists.
这个传闻会是闲谈专栏作家的又一素材。
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