feeder

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feed·er /ˈfiːdə $ -ər/ noun [countableC]

1 HBAHBBa container with food for animals or birds 〔喂鸟兽的〕饲料容器

a bird feeder

鸟食罐

2 something that provides supplies for something else 供应的源泉

The Shyok River is a major feeder of the Indus River.

什约克河是印度河的主要支流。

The length of the feeder pipe is 50m.

输送管长50米。

3 a piece of equipment that supplies something to a machine 供给装置；进料器

the printer’s paper feeder

打印机的进纸装置

4 EATa person or animal that eats in a particular way 以…方式进食者

Catfish are bottom feeders (=they feed at the bottom of rivers).

鲶鱼以河底生物为食。

5. TTa small road, railway line, or airline service that takes traffic to a main road, line, or service 〔汇入主干车道的〕支路；公路[铁路]支线；〔航线的〕支线

Examples from the Corpus

feeder• Use of an automatic feeder is recommended for this.• Glassfish are not suitable for a community tank in any case, as they are nervous fish and fussy feeders.• This is where the feeder roots are.

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TOEFL BNC: 10516 COCA: 10915

feeder