fother

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈfɒðə/    美 /ˈfɑðɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A load, a wagonload, especially any various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities. countable,historical,uncountable
    — Four fother of clod lime, and fifteen fothers of good manure, on each acre.
  2. Alternative form of fodder, food for animals. alt-of,alternative,countable,dialectal,uncountable
    — He ripp'd the womb up of his mother, / Dame Tellus, 'cause he wanted fother, / And provender, wherewith to feed / Himself and his less cruel steed.
动词 v.
  1. To feed animals (with fother). dialectal
  2. To stop a leak with oakum or old rope (often by drawing a sail under the hull). dated

词形变化

fothers plural fothers present,singular,third-person fothering participle,present fothered participle,past fothered past

词汇关系

近义词
cartload load
下位词
load

词源

词源 1
From Middle English fother, fothir, from Old Norse fóðr (cognate to Old English fōdor), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (compare Dutch voer (“pasture, fodder”), German Futter (“feed”), Swedish foder). Doublet of fodder and foeder. More at food.
词源 2
From Middle English fother, fothir, from Old Norse fóðr (cognate to Old English fōdor), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (compare Dutch voer (“pasture, fodder”), German Futter (“feed”), Swedish foder). Doublet of fodder and foeder. More at food.
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