food
n
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(a) [U] any substance that people or animals eat or drink or plants take in to maintain life and growth (人或动物所需的)食物, 饮料; (植物所需的)养料
a shortage of food in some countries 有些国家的食物短缺.
(b) [U] solid substance of this sort 固体食物
We cannot survive for long without food and drink. 我们没有食物和饮料就活不了多久.
2 [C] specific kind of food 食品: breakfast food 早餐食品
baby, health foods 婴儿、 保健食品
frozen, processed foods 冷冻的、 加工的食品.
3 (idm 习语) food for `thought something to think about seriously 需要认真考虑的事.
It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.