fodder

英['fɒdə(r)] 美['fɑːdər]
  • n. 饲料;专门的工具;素材
  • v. (用饲料)喂
foddered foddered foddering fodders
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星级词汇:
  • FOD n.自动应答传真;外来物损伤(foreignobjectdamage)
Noun:
  1. soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire

  2. coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop

Verb:
  1. give fodder (to domesticated animals)

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。

来自《权威词典》

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Timothy can be used as fodder for cattle.
      猫尾草可以作为喂牛的牧草。
    2. The cattle battened on the plentiful fodder.
      牲畜靠丰美的饲料养得膘肥体壮。
    3. Food and fodder should go ahead of troops and horses.
      兵马未动,粮草先行。
    4. We are not just voting fodder for professional politicians.
      我们不仅仅是专门为职业政客们投票的工具。
    5. These documents are useless - they are only wastebasket fodder.
      这些文件毫无用处,只配扔进废纸篓里。
    6. 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。