fodderとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈfɒdə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑdɚ/
• 韻: -ɒdə(ɹ)
• ハイフネーション: fod‧der

名詞

fodder (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 fodders)

1. Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.

   Synonyms: forage, provender

   Coordinate term: feed

   • c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

     The sheep for fodder follow the shepherd, the shepherd for food follows not the sheep.

2. (historical) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities, generally around 1000 kg.
   • 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 168:

     Now measured by the old hundred, that is, 108 lbs. the charrus contains nearly 19 1/2 hundreds, that is it corresponds to the fodder, or fother, of modern times.

3. (slang, drafting, design) Tracing paper.
4. (figurative) Stuff; material; something that serves as inspiration or encouragement, especially for satire or humour.
   • 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title または journal name)‎^[1]:

     According to the audio commentary on “Treehouse Of Horror III,” some of the creative folks at The Simpsons were concerned that the “Treehouse Of Horror” franchise had outworn its welcome and was rapidly running out of classic horror or science-fiction fodder to spoof.

5. (cryptic crosswords) The text to be operated on (anagrammed, etc.) within a clue.
   • 2009, "Colin Blackburn", another 1-off cryptic clue. (on newsgroup rec.puzzles.crosswords)

     In (part of) Shelley's poem Ozymandias is a "crumbling statue". If this is the explanation then the clue is not a reverse cryptic in the same was^[sic] as GEGS -> SCRAMBLED EGGS but a normal clue where where^[sic] the fodder and anagrind are *both* indirect.

   • 2012, David Astle, Puzzled: Secrets and clues from a life in words:

     Insane Roman! (4) […] Look in -sane Roman and you'll uncover NERO, the insane Roman. Dovetailing the signpost — in — with the hidden fodder — sane Roman — is inspired, an embedded style of signposting.

6. People considered to have negligible value and easily available or expendable.

   Innocent people who are arrested become fodder for the justice system.

   cannon fodder

   • 2022 September 27, Ilia Krasilshchik, “Russians Are Terrified, and Have Nowhere to Turn”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     The Russian government was not interested in who will pay the mortgage or take care of his pregnant wife. It simply wanted more fodder for its war.

同意語

• (cartload): See load

下位語

• (cartload): See load

派生語

• cannon fodder
• bumfodder
• jail fodder
• fodder radish
• background fodder
• lobby fodder

動詞

fodder (三人称単数 現在形 fodders, 現在分詞 foddering, 過去形および過去分詞形 foddered)

1. (dialect) To feed animals (with fodder).
   • 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], published 1708, →OCLC:

     Straw will do well enough to fodder them with

   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 34:

     "When I had foddered the horse, I went into the barn and took the handle of an old rake to chase the dog out with."

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