food和foods用法区别

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表示泛指的食物或食物总体时是不可数名词,如:a shortage of food,食物短缺。表示固体的食物时是不可数名词,如:Without food and drink we cannot survive for long,没有食物和水我们活不了多久。表示特定的食品时是可数名词。

food和foods用法区别

Food的相关知识

Material, usually of plant or animal origin, that contains or consists of essential body nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals, and is ingested and assimilated by an organism to produce energy, stimulate growth, and maintain life.

食物,粮食:通常是源于植物和动物的物质,包含有人体营养物的必不可少物质或由其组成如:糖类、脂肪、蛋白质、维他命和矿物质等,由产生能量、促进发育和维持生命的组织消化和吸收

A specified kind of nourishment:

特定食物:食物的一种特殊形式:

breakfast food; plant food.

早餐;植物食物

Nourishment eaten in solid form:

食品:固体形式的食品:

food and drink.

饮食

Something that nourishes or sustains in a way suggestive of physical nourishment:

养料,精神食粮:以身体营养的隐含方式滋养或供养的东西:

food for thought; food for the soul.

思想食物;灵魂食粮

n.attributive.(定语名词)

Often used to modify another noun:

通常用来修饰另一个名词:

food allergies; food additives.

食物过敏症;食物添加剂

如:health foods保健食品

baby foods 婴儿食品

frozen foods冷冻食品

sea foods 海鲜