a person or animal that eats a particular food or in a particular manner 进某食物者;以某方式进食者 a plankton feeder. 以浮游生物为食者。
a container filled with food for birds or mammals (鸟类、哺乳动物的)食槽;喂食器 ■(Brit.)a child's feeding bottle (英)奶瓶 ■(Brit.)a bib for an infant (英)婴儿口水兜 ■(Fishing). short for swimfeeder (渔)。 swimfeeder的简称
a person or thing that supplies something, in particular 提供者,尤指 ■a device supplying material to a machine 给料装置,加料器 the automatic sheet feeder holds up to 10 sheets of paper. 这种自动进纸器可装十张纸。 ■a tributary stream 支流 ■[usu. as modifier]a branch road or railway line linking outlying districts with a main communication system (连接偏远地区与主要交通网络的)支路,(铁路)支线 ■a main carrying electricity to a distribution point 馈电线,馈路 ■[usu. as modifier]a school, sports team, etc. from which members move on to one more advanced 预备学校(或运动队等) a sixth-form college and its feeder schools. 一所六年制学院及其预备学校。