名詞 fodder:

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

動(dòng)詞 fodder:

1. give fodder (to domesticated animals)

1. Food and fodder should go ahead of troops and horses.
   兵馬未動(dòng)，糧草先行。
2. Timothy can be used as fodder for cattle.
   貓尾草可以作為喂牛的牧草。
3. Finely cut straw or hay used as fodder.
   草料切碎的用作飼料的稻草或干草
4. Food for livestock; fodder.
   飼料牲畜的食物; 草料
5. These documents are useless - they are only wastebasket fodder.
   這些文件毫無(wú)用處，只配扔進(jìn)廢紙簍里。

fod.der

n.（名詞）
Feed for livestock, especially coarsely chopped hay or straw.
草料：尤指以干草或稻草粗割的喂牲畜的飼料
Raw material, as for artistic creation.
原料，用于藝術(shù)創(chuàng)作
A consumable, often inferior item or resource that is in demand and usually abundant supply:
來(lái)源：一種大量需求又通常供應(yīng)充分的、可消耗的次品或低等資源，：
例句：
romantic novels intended as fodder for the pulp fiction market.
專(zhuān)供庸俗文學(xué)市場(chǎng)的大量言情小說(shuō)

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
fod.dered,fod.der.ing,fod.ders
To feed with fodder.
以草料喂養(yǎng)

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old English fôdor * see p3-
源自 古英語(yǔ) fôdor *參見(jiàn) p3-