fodder
Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay,…Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
» Children were used as cannon fodder.
Детей использовали как пушечное мясо.
Значение
значений: 6(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
Futter, Viehfutter
кормkorm, фура́жfuráž
кормkorm, фура́жfuráž, па́шаpáša
(исчисляемое, историческое, неисчисляемое)A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities, generally around 1000 kg.
(исчисляемое, сленг, неисчисляемое)Tracing paper.
(исчисляемое, переносно, неисчисляемое)Stuff; material; something that serves as inspiration or encouragement, especially for satire or humour.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The text to be operated on (anagrammed, etc.) within a clue.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)People considered to have negligible value and easily available or expendable.
Innocent people who are arrested become fodder for the justice system.
cannon fodder
- coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
- soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire
Примеры
предложений: 14Children were used as cannon fodder.
Детей использовали как пушечное мясо.
Children were used for cannon fodder.
Детей использовали как пушечное мясо.
The soldiers were regarded as cannon fodder.
Солдат считали пушечным мясом.
ukСолдатів вважали гарматним м'ясом.
deDie Soldaten wurden als Kanonenfutter betrachtet.
The children were used as cannon fodder.
Детей использовали как пушечное мясо.
deDie Kinder wurden als Kanonenfutter benutzt.
The children were used for cannon fodder.
Детей использовали как пушечное мясо.
deDie Kinder wurden als Kanonenfutter benutzt.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 1
По значениям 1
По значениям 1
Происхождение
From Middle English fodder, foder, from Old English fōdor (“feed; fodder”), from Proto-WesFrom Middle English fodder, foder, from Old English fōdor (“feed; fodder”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, from *fōdô (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”).
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Формы
мн. число: foddersСинонимы
синонимов: 5- soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire:cannon fodderfresh fish
Однокоренные
связанных слов: 10Уроки к слову
уроков: 1- A1Исчисляемые и неисчисляемые существительные — Потому что оно может быть неисчисляемым