fodder

Viehfutter, Futter

Nahrung für Nutztiere, etwa Heu oder andere Pflanzen.

In einfachem Englisch: Food such as hay or other plants given to farm animals.

• The cattle need more fodder.
• We stored enough fodder for the winter.
• The farmer grows several fodder crops.

So benutzt man es: fodder for animals (The farmer grew fodder for his cattle.)

Synonyme: animal feed, feed

Häufige Wendungen: animal fodder, winter fodder, fodder crops

Füllmaterial, billiger Stoff

Material, das als billig, minderwertig oder nur für wenig wichtige Zwecke brauchbar gilt.

In einfachem Englisch: Material considered cheap, poor, or useful only for some low purpose.

• The film is cheap fodder for late-night television.
• His private life became tabloid fodder.
• The channel filled its schedule with disposable entertainment fodder.

So benutzt man es: fodder for something (The private messages became cheap fodder for gossip magazines.)

Synonyme: filler, low-grade material

Häufige Wendungen: tabloid fodder, cheap fodder, fodder for something

Kanonenfutter

Menschen, die als unwichtig gelten und bedenkenlos benutzt, geschädigt oder ersetzt werden.

In einfachem Englisch: People treated as unimportant and easy to use, harm, or replace.

• The soldiers were treated as cannon fodder.
• Poor workers became fodder for the growing factories.
• He refused to send more young people as fodder for the war.

So benutzt man es: fodder for something (Young recruits became fodder for a pointless war.)

Synonyme: cannon fodder

Häufige Wendungen: cannon fodder, human fodder, fodder for something