fodder

noun

1. coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop

2. soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire

Synonym: cannon fodderfresh fish

verb

1. give fodder (to domesticated animals)

1. 饲料;草料;秣
Fodder is food that is given to cows, horses, and other animals.

e.g. ...fodder for horses...
马饲料
e.g. The alfalfa plant is widely used as animal fodder.
苜蓿科植物广泛用作动物饲料。

2. 素材;材料
If you say that something is fodder for a particular purpose, you mean that it is useful for that purpose and perhaps nothing else.

e.g. The press conference simply provided more fodder for another attack on his character...
记者招待会只不过是提供了更多的再次击他人格的口实。
e.g. Old movies were the cheapest broadcast fodder.
老电影是最廉价的播放素材。

1. fodder

1. 饲料, 草料：folder 文件夹 | fodder 饲料, 草料 | scoop 铲子;勺子;戽斗,(挖土机上的)铲斗

2.

2. 粗饲料：leaf n.叶, 树叶, (书的)一张(两叶), 页 | 150.fodder粗饲料 | 151.foil箔,金属薄片

3. 草料：focus 焦点 | fodder 草料 | foe 敌人