food

noun

1. 食物
   things that people or animals eat
   1. a shortage of food/food shortages
      粮食短缺
   2. food and drink
      饮食
   3. the food industry
      食品工业
2. （某种）食物
   a particular type of food
   1. Do you like Italian food?
      你喜欢意大利食物吗？
   2. frozen foods
      冷冻食品
   3. a can of dog food (= for a dog to eat)
      一罐狗食
   4. He's off his food (= he does not want to eat anything) .
      他不想吃东西。

1. See also: Enjoy your food. ...supplies of food and water. ...emergency food aid. ...frozen foods. convenience food fast food health food junk food wholefood
2. PHRASE (常指因生病)不想吃东西，厌食
   If you are off your food, you do not want to eat, usually because you are ill.
   1. It's not like you to be off your food.
      胃口不好，这可不像你了。
3. PHRASE 引人深思;发人深省
   If you give someone food for thought, you make them think carefully about something.
   1. Lord Fraser's speech offers much food for thought...
      弗雷泽勋爵的讲演发人深省。
   2. Developments in your career may give you food for thought.
      事业上的发展可能会引发你很多的思考。

1. Strict safety tests are carried out on food additives.
   对食品添加剂进行了严格的安全检测。
2. The food had been adulterated to increase its weight
   食物被掺了杂质以增加分量。
3. I was surrounded by people begging for food
   我被一群讨饭的围住了。
4. Your dog should have his own bowls for food and water.
   你的狗应该有它自己进食和饮水用的碗。
5. Food is made up of carbohydrates, proteins and fats.
   食物由碳水化合物、蛋白质和脂肪构成。
6. They chip in for the petrol and food
   他们凑钱买汽油和食物。
7. I rely too much on convenience food.
   我太依赖方便食品了。
8. Distribution of food throughout the country is being hampered by inefficiency and corruption.
   低效和腐败行为阻碍了食品在全国的分发。
9. The kitchen cupboard was stocked with tins of soup and food.
   厨房的橱柜里备有汤罐头和食品罐头。
10. Most of the time we just ate snacks and fast food.
    多数时候我们只吃点心和快餐。
11. Enjoy your food.
    用餐愉快。
12. It's not like you to be off your food.
    胃口不好，这可不像你了。
13. Lord Fraser's speech offers much food for thought
    弗雷泽勋爵的讲演发人深省。
14. Developments in your career may give you food for thought.
    事业上的发展可能会引发你很多的思考。
15. Vegetarian restaurants and health food shops are springing up in every high street.
    每条大街上都冒出很多素食餐馆和保健食品店。
16. Supplies of food and medicines are inadequate
    食物和药品供应不足。
17. The food she eats nourishes both her and the baby.
    她吃的食物给她和婴儿提供了营养。
18. Their food is adequate. It includes meat at least every other day, vegetables and fruit
    他们的伙食足够丰富了，有蔬菜、水果，而且至少每隔一天吃一次肉。
19. Is this not a possible outcome of the development of genetically modified food?
    这难道不是转基因食品开发可能会导致的一种结果吗？
20. Some families stocked their cellars with food and water
    有些家庭在地窖里储备了食品和水。
21. There have been swingeing cuts on government subsidies, on housing, food and fuel.
    政府已经大幅度削减了其在住房、食品和燃料方面的补贴。
22. I thought the food was very tasty.
    我觉得这食物很可口。
23. Truckloads of food, blankets, and other necessities reached the city.
    成车的食物、毯子与其他必需品抵达了该市。
24. Many people are unaware of just how much food and drink they consume
    许多人并不知道他们究竟消耗掉了多少食品和饮料。
25. I can't eat all this food.
    这么多菜我吃不下。
26. They have issued the hungry people with food.
    他们把食品发给那些饥饿的人。
27. They have offered food and clothes for the relief of the poor.
    他们捐助食物和衣服救济贫民。
28. This adulteration of food must stop.
    必须制止在食品中搀假。
29. I like peppery food.
    我爱吃辣的。
30. To eat putrid food is liable to get sick.
    吃了腐败的食物容易生病。

n.

food for thought

• 引人深思的想法
  an idea that makes you think seriously and carefully

noun

1. any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

   Synonym:    nutrient

2. anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking

   Synonym:    food for thoughtintellectual nourishment

3. any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment
   1. food and drink

   Synonym:    solid food