provender

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɹɒvɪndə/|/ˈpɹɒvəndə/    美 /ˈpɹɑvəndɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Food, especially for livestock. dated,uncountable,usually
    — ...and in a few moments would have had their hands on one hundred and eighty thousand dollars of gold, when from some cause unknown, they decamped leaving all their tools behind, together with provender for the seige.
动词 v.
  1. To feed. transitive
    — One night, after several days of continuous plowing, and after the ox and mule had been stabled and provendered for the night, the ox said to the mule […]

词形变化

provenders plural provenders present,singular,third-person provendering participle,present provendered participle,past provendered past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English provendre, from Old French provendre, variant of provende (“allowance, provision”), from Late Latin praebenda (“a payment, in Medieval Latin also an allowance of food and drink, pittance, also a prebend”). Doublet of prebend.
词源 2
From Middle English provendre, from Old French provendre, variant of provende (“allowance, provision”), from Late Latin praebenda (“a payment, in Medieval Latin also an allowance of food and drink, pittance, also a prebend”). Doublet of prebend.
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