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fe cund ity /fi'kAndati/
noun [U]
Fed
/fed/
noun {US, informal) 1 [C] an officer of the FBI or another
federal organization ( US ) ©tffSilgjijlifM,
^ 2 the Fed [sing.] = Federal Reserve
System
fed pt, pp of FEED
fed-era I o-w /'federal/
adj.
1 having a system of
government in which the individual states of a country have control over their
own affairs, but are controlled by a central government for national decisions,
etc. %
ffrj (ft : a federal republic
2
(within a federal system, for example the US and Canada) connected with
national government rather than the local government of an individual state (£Jt®L a
federal
law 0 state and federal income taxes jJtliE
►
fed-er-al-ly adv.: federally funded
health care
the .Federal .Bureau of Investigation noun [sing.] = FBI
fed-er-al-ist /'federalist/ noun a
supporter of a federal system of government §£ 7$ # ► fed-er-al-ism
/'fedaralizam/ noun [u]: European
federalism
fed-er-al-ist adj.: a
federalist future in
the .Federal Re'serve System (also the Federal
Reserve)
noun (abbr. the FRS) (also informal the Fed) [sing.] the organization
that controls the supply of money in the
fed-er-ate /'fedareit/
verb [V] (technical 7ft iff) (of states,
organizations, etc. #|, WM, ftlff?#) to unite
under a central government or organization while keeping some local control
fed-er-ation /.feda'reijn/
noun 1 [c] a country
consisting
of a group of individual states that have control over their own affairs but
are controlled by a central government for national decisions, etc. iff 2?: the
Russian Federation 2
[C] a group of clubs,
trade/labor unions, etc. that have joined
together to form an organization ( the
International Tennis Federation p* z? 3 [U] the
act of forming a federation
; |W| M; : Many
MPs are against federation in
fe dora /fi'doira/
noun a low soft hat with a curled brim
.fed
'up
adj. [not before noun] ~ (with sb/sth) (informal)
bored
or unhappy, especially with a situation that has continued for too long Ml#; Ait'll: You
look
fed up. What’s the
matter? fe'A
i® ? 0 I’m fed up with waiting for her. # jflfc
# 7 0 0
People are fed up with all these traffic jams.
0 In the
end, I just got fed up with his constant complaining. itfe
7 A HT A 'M
To
o I wish he’d get a job. I’m fed up with it (= with the situation).
inilil Some people say ‘fed up
of sth’ in informal British English, but this is not considered correct in
standard English. # JE 5$ ^ ® ^ A, W A fed up of Sth,
fee (Hr /fi:/ noun
1
an amount of money that you pay for professional advice or services fliSHI: legal fees
W jjrp o Does the bank charge a fee for setting up the account? 0 fee-paying
schools (= that you have to pay
to go to) i|ft ^ $*
0
note at rate 2 an amount of money that
you pay to join an organization, or to do sth ( jjp A
fftfft ) H: membership
fees o There is no entrance
fee to the
gallery. ii'Nt A i|fc H ^«
fee-ble /‘fubl/
adj. (fee-bler /‘fi:bla(r)/, feeb-lest
/Tnblist/)
1
very weak a feeble old man ft)
lAo The
heartbeat was feeble and irregular. A SI A A, 2 not effective; not showing determin
ation or energy MM; A A ft): a
feeble
argument/excuse/joke P; T
0 a
feeble attempt to explain
0 Don’t
be so feeble! Tell her you don’t want to go. $1] IP ► feebleness noun [U]
feebly /'fiibli/ adv.
.feeble-'minded
adj. 1 (old use, offensive) having less than usual
intelligence If W 2 weak
and unable to make
decisions M M MII(ft ; it ^ % ®t
ift;
A«lft
feed /fi:d/ verb, noun ■
verb (fed, fed /fed/)
2
GIVE/EAT FOOD J|t£/1 ~ sb/sth (on) sth
| ~ sth
to sb/sth to give food to a person
or an animal ift ( A ) #%; HU#; tS]#: [VN]
Have you fed the cat yet? it 0{£ T ft ? 0 The
baby can’t feed itself yet (= can’t put food into its own mouth).
j&.TSULiEXis Ho 0 The cattle are fed on barley.
A^o O [VNN, VN] The
cattle are fed barley.
A M o 0 The
barley is fed to the cattle. T •*{! (ft H: A k 0 2 [V] (of a baby or an animal
^JLl£^l$j) to eat food jffi #: Slugs
and snails feed at night. fB J&M A ^ Ib] M. # o — see also feed on/off sth 3 [VN] to provide food for a
family or group of people #, ( jkM.
—S¥A ) : They
have a large family to feed.
—A^Ao
0 There’s enough here to feed an army. j&JL
3
PLANT i£ty] 4 [VN]
to give a plant a special substance to make it grow fife (
IE# ) : Feed the plants once a week.
ie,
4
GIVE ADVICE/INFORMATION H #t£ jg / f| £ 5 ~ sb sth | ~ sth to
sb to
give advice, information, etc. to sb/sth $1
( It-ElSIs[VNN,
VN] We are constantly fed gossip and speculation by the media.
M ^ "S A in
fn ft i'J ftl o 0 Gossip
and speculation are constantly fed to us by the media.
5
SUPPLY fftTn 6 [VN] ~ A (with B) | ~ B into A to supply
sth to sb/sth The electricity
line is fed with
power
through an underground cable.
0 Power
is fed into the electricity line through an underground cable.
6
PUT INTO MACHINE 7 [VN] ~ A (with B) | ~ B
into A | ~ sth
(into/through sth) to put or push sth into or through a machine He
fed coins into the
meter.
0 He fed
the meter with coins, iff
AfTTitWitft
0 The
fabric is fed through the machine.
TWo
7
SATISFY NEED 8 [VN] to satisfy a need, desire,
etc. and keep it strong EM, SJtM# ) :
For drug addicts, the need to feed the addiction takes
priority over everything else.
IITOI .feed your 'face (informal, usually disapproving) to eat a lot of food or
too much food ®
— more at bite v. IJikifJ .feed back
(into/to sth) to have an influence on the development of sth by
reacting to it in some way ) :
What the audience tells me feeds back into my work. M
.feed
(sth)*-*'back (to sb) to give information or opinions about
sth, especially so that it can be improved fg. HH, S.8&
( ) : Test
results will be fed back to
the schools. feed into sth
to have an influence on
the development of sth /A % M T* nil: The
report’s findings will feed into company policy.
'feed on/off sth 1 (of an animal if]%j) to eat sth 1U - -A #: Butterflies
feed on the flowers of garden plants. M 2 (often disapproving) to
become stronger because of sth
else ® - Mff:A; A- A t#f'J M#:
Racism feeds on fear.
AAo .feed through (to sb/sth) to reach sb/sth after going through a
process or system : It
will take time for the
higher rates to feed through to investors, filmRW0MA feed sb*-*'up (Srf) to give a lot of food to sb to make
them fatter or stronger ( ) #IE,