mnoun

►                 MEAL FOR BABY/ANIMAL W>b/ ^Rlft^ 1 [C] a meal of milk for a young baby; a meal for an animal ( ^ J L

ft )      ( isfr&ft )     her

morning feed M-¥-±ft—

►                 FOR ANIMALS/PLANTS         2 [U, C] food for animals or

plants if] ft f§j ; It ft 4E 44: winter feed for the horses B,ft A^ts]44

►                 FOR MACHINE fflff 3 [U] material supplied to a machine ( flUlft ) 3S44 4 [C] a pipe, device, etc. which supplies

a machine with sth ( tflflft ) 3tt44^S, M£§: the cold feed to the water cylinder A (K ft ^ 3S tR If 0 The printer has an automatic paper feed.

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►                 LARGE MEAL      5 [C] (informal) a large meal AUft

— 41: They needed a bath and a good feed.

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►                 TELEVISION PROGRAMMES *7 f;! 6 [U] (NAmE) televi­

sion programmes that are sent from a central station to other stations in a network; the system of sending out these programmes ( &4I      ( %

) : network feed l*<]£|H£*n17 @ fkik feed-back /‘fndbaek/ noun [U] 1 advice, criticism or information about how good or useful sth or sb’s work is S^ft^JE ( ) : I’d appreciate some feedback

on my work.

J§L0 o The teacher will give you feedback on the test.

JL 0 We need both positive and negative feedback from our customers. JESM^Mft^^^JjiLo 2 the unpleasant noise produced by electrical equipment such as an amplifier when some of the power returns to the system ( ft )

feed-bag /'fiidbaeg/ noun (NAmE) = nosebag feed-er /’fi:da(r)/ noun, adj. mnoun 1 (used with an adjective or a noun is] 3^43) an animal or plant that eats a particular thing or eats in a particular way (

IA -■ • &3S##: plankton feeders        2

a part of a machine that supplies sth to another part of the machine ( #l4Srft 3 a container

filled with food for birds or animals   IS] 44if

« adj. [only before noun] 1 (of roads, rivers, etc. jlj&, MM leading to a bigger road, etc. XAXAil ( ^tM# ) ft: a feeder road to the motorway/freeway XAttJilA gi ft 2 supplying goods, services, etc. to a large organization ( ft A #1 ^ ) $ JSZ ® & ft , IS $ JR # ft 3 (NAmE) (of animals on a farm     kept to

be killed and used for meat WIElir^ft; #ft 'feeder school noun {BrE) a school from which most of the children go to a particular secondary school or college in the same area  A^iffiA

feed ing /'fiidirj/ noun [U] the act of giving food to a person, an animal or a plant ng # ; M # ; Mi IE : breast/bottle feeding fiffL /

'feeding bottle noun {BrE) a plastic bottle with a rubber top which a baby or young animal can suck milk through #5JK

'feeding frenzy noun 1 an occasion when a group of sharks or other fish attack sth ( M #.#jS.1i¥ft )

It 2 a situation in which a lot of people compete with each other in an excited way because they want to get sth ( ftjj^ft )    ( AS¥ft ) »

the Feeding of the Five Thousand noun [sing] a situation in which a lot of people need to be given food t:Attftiffi: I made breakfast for all my son’s friends—it was like the Feeding of the Five Thousand.

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Wc fohlMIfll From the Bible story in which Jesus is said to have fed 5 000 people with five loaves of bread and two fish.agg {%m        ttsAA

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feed-stuff /'fiidstAf/ noun [u] (also feed-stuffs [pi.]) food for farm animals, especially food that has been processed ( ^tjt^ipXft ) M44 EBd feed — compare FOODSTUFF

feel O-pr /fl:l/ verb, noun

m verb (felt, felt /felt/)

►                 WELL/SICK/HAPPY/SAD, ETC. # Ji. Aifi.

1 linking verb to experience a particular feeling or emotion jfc %; fi]; 3l: [V-ADJ] The heat made him feel faint.         0 She sounded

more confident than she felt. MftiJ^njf^HjRttMAAft B ^ Wfl X. o I was feeling guilty. ffc Ji fij 0 o You’ll feel better after a good night’s sleep. f/RB&ii&SAR1 o She felt betrayed,         m

To 0 1 feel sorry for him. $$ M ^ ill W ^ 0    0 [V

+adv./prep.] How are you feeling today? 4^4“      A

# ? 0 1 know exactly how you feel (= I feel sympathy for you).         o o Luckily I was feeling in

a good mood.        ft0 [VN] He seemed to

feel no remorse at all. ffe ^ 04 IttA—A Jsi 3\ Hi M „ 0 [V-N] Standing there on stage I felt a complete idiot.

0[V] I felt like a

complete idiot.

►                 BE/BECOME AWARE '£ t; M £ M 2 (not usually used in

the progressive tenses          A^trW') to notice or be

aware of sth because it is touching you or having a physical effect on you ( EiHftj, !&

^$!i K771 sense: [VN] I could feel the warm sun on my back. W ± M T141 Jfc ft ftm. fll o 0 She could not feel her legs. Mft^MAA    0 He felt a hand on his

shoulder.     W K If & ffe Jft ± 0 0 [VN -ing] He felt a

hand touching his shoulder.

Bo 0 She could feel herself blushing, ffe of  3\^IP

To 0 [VN inf] I felt something crawl up my arm.

0 We felt the ground give way under our feet. 4H1J&MJWTft±*feTPB7o 3 [VN] (not usually used in the progressive tenses jfi ^ Affl A 4t B4) to become aware of sth even though you cannot see it, hear it, etc. [jgfi], Jlljsti!] (       )

HIT! sense: Can you feel the tension in this room?

►                 GIVE IMPRESSION gT A 4 4 linking verb (not used in the progressive tenses A #3 A S 4f ft) to give you a particular feeling or impression to • • • 3st; W A k-; ^ 'gfij: [V-ADJ] It felt strange to be back in my old school. aSIiJf&W-ftXEftMo 0 My mouth felt completely dry. IE Jii II] P A A ^ o 0 [V] The interview only took ten minutes, but it felt like hours. ffli^R^T A^I4, f&^f^/lAAftMft o o It feels like rain (= seems likely to rain). /7l^1&ScTMT0 0 Her head felt as if it would burst. IfalfcffiAMMMT o o It felt as though he had run a marathon.

til&flilfto 0 How does it feel to be alone all day? X2& i — A A^-S^nM? I!HU In spoken English people often use like instead of as if or as though in this meaning, especially in NAmE :. He felt like he’d run a marathon. This is not considered correct in written BrE.

like ft# as if as though  X: He felt like he’d run a marathon. 4$ ®

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►                 TOUCH 14 ill 5 linking verb (not used in the progressive tenses A A 3ft 7r ft) to have a particular physical quality which you become aware of by touching £1 jg A; XJI7 [V-ADJ] The water feels warm.

0                  Its skin feels really smooth.      0 [V]

This wallet feels like leather.    Alt^Ji:f£ft0

6 to deliberately move your fingers over sth in order to find out what it is like M ■ 11: [VN] Can you feel the bump on my head? f^t6^i!]S^±8P>N+^“%? 0 Try to tell what this is just by feeling it.

'A A ffi? 0 [V wh ] Feel how rough this is.

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►                 THINK/BEUEVE iA A ;  7 (not usually used in the

progressive tenses 3§#AfflAjffifrft) to think or believe that sth is the case; to have a particular opinion or atti­tude Aj; ikj)l ;         : [V (that)] We all felt (that) we

were unlucky to lose. $fntftAAlficCl4t7o

1                  felt (that) I had to apologize.    0 [VN to

inf] She felt it to be her duty to tell the police. MiA AlftfeA jJHilf IA 0 [VN-N] She felt it her duty to tell the police. JlfeiAAlltWJi(ffeftA#o 0 [VN-ADJ] I felt it advisable to