feed·er /ˈfidɚ/
 餵食者,飼養員,食客;支流,支脈


 feeder
 饋線


 feeder
 饋送器 饋線


 Feed·er n.
 1. One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward.
    A couple of friends, his chaplain and feeder.   --Goldsmith.
 2. One who furnishes incentives; an encourager. “The feeder of my riots.”
 3. One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or fattened.
    With eager feeding, food doth choke the feeder.   --Shak.
 4. One who fattens cattle for slaughter.
 5. A stream that flows into another body of water; a tributary; specifically Hydraulic Engin., a water course which supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or natural flow.
 6. A branch railroad, stage line, air route, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line.
 7. Mining (a) A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein. --Ure. (b) A strong discharge of gas from a fissure; a blower. --Raymond.
 8. Mach. An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon.
 9. Steam Engine A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed.

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 feeder
      n 1: an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening
      2: someone who consumes food for nourishment [syn: eater]
      3: a branch that flows into the main stream [syn: tributary,
         affluent] [ant: distributary]
      4: a machine that automatically provides a supply of some
         material; "the feeder discharged feed into a trough for
         the livestock" [syn: self-feeder]