fodder

名词 fodder:

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

动词 fodder:

1. give fodder (to domesticated animals)

1. Food and fodder should go ahead of troops and horses.
   兵马未动，粮草先行。
2. Timothy can be used as fodder for cattle.
   猫尾草可以作为喂牛的牧草。
3. Finely cut straw or hay used as fodder.
   草料切碎的用作饲料的稻草或干草
4. Food for livestock; fodder.
   饲料牲畜的食物; 草料
5. These documents are useless - they are only wastebasket fodder.
   这些文件毫无用处，只配扔进废纸篓里。

fod.der

n.（名词）
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饲料
Raw material, as for artistic creation.
原料，用于艺术创作
A consumable, often inferior item or resource that is in demand and usually abundant supply:
来源：一种大量需求又通常供应充分的、可消耗的次品或低等资源，：
例句：
romantic novels intended as fodder for the pulp fiction market.
专供庸俗文学市场的大量言情小说

v.tr.（及物动词）
fod.dered,fod.der.ing,fod.ders
To feed with fodder.
以草料喂养

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English fôdor * see p3-
源自 古英语 fôdor *参见 p3-