1. 通常為不可數名詞。表示泛指的食物或食bai物總體時是不可數名詞，表示固體的食物時是不可數名詞；如：
a shortage of food/food shortages 糧食短缺
food and drink飲食
the food industry食品工業
We are out of food. 我們食物吃完了。
Most of the time we just ate snacks and fast food.
多數時候我們只吃點心和快餐。
I can't eat all this food.
這么多菜我吃不下。
Their food is adequate. It includes meat at least every other day, vegetables and fruit
他們的伙食足夠豐富了，有蔬菜、水果，而且至少每隔一天吃一次肉。
I thought the food was very tasty.
我覺得這食物很可口。
They chip in for the petrol and food
他們湊錢買汽油和食物。
I like peppery food.
我愛吃辣的。
Vegetarian restaurants and health food shops are springing up in every high street.
每條大街上都冒出很多素食餐館和保健食品店。
I was surrounded by people begging for food
我被一群討飯的圍住了。
Many people are unaware of just how much food and drink they consume
許多人并不知道他們究竟消耗掉了多少食品和飲料。
There have been swingeing cuts on government subsidies, on housing, food and fuel.
政府已經大幅度削減了其在住房、食品和燃料方面的補貼。
These plants are used for food. 這些是食用植物。
Do you like Chinese food? 你對中國菜有興趣嗎?
Supplies of food and medicines are inadequate
食物和藥品供應不足。
Good food keeps you healthy. 好的飲食使你健康。
About 90 percent of most food is water. 大部分食物中約有90%為水。
Some families stocked their cellars with food and water
有些家庭在地窖里儲備了食品和水。
I rely too much on convenience food.
我太依賴方便食品了。
The food she eats nourishes both her and the baby.
她吃的食物給她和嬰兒提供了營養。
Increase in population caused a shortage of food. 人口增加導致食品短缺。
Enjoy your food.
用餐愉快。
It's not like you to be off your food.
胃口不好，這可不像你了。
food for thought
引人深思的想法
Lord Fraser's speech offers much food for thought…
弗雷澤勛爵的講演發人深省。
Developments in your career may give you food for thought.
事業上的發展可能會引發你很多的思考。
There is much food for thought in this essay.
這篇雜文中有不少發人深思的東西。
What she has said affords much food for thought.
她這話耐人尋味。
This matter gives us much food for thought.
這個問題值得我們深思。
2.若表示某種特殊種類的食物，則可用作可數名詞。如：
health foods保健食品baby foods 嬰兒食品
frozen foods冷凍食品
sea foods 海鮮
fried foods油炸食品
Do you like Italian food?
你喜歡意大利食物嗎？
a can of dog food (= for a dog to eat)
一罐狗食
He's off his food (= he does not want to eat anything) .
他不想吃東西。
I managed to stick to the diet and keep off sweet foods
我努力做到了只吃規定飲食，不沾甜食。
Their healthy image disguises the fact that they are highly processed foods
它們看上去有益健康，實則掩蓋了其為精加工食品這一事實。
We have only to read the labels to know what ingredients are in foods.
我們只要看一下標簽即可知道食品的成分。
Don’t eat too many dairy foods. 不要吃太多的奶制品。
Why don’t you eat those healthful foods? 你為什么不吃那些有益于健康的食物?
Fibre is found in cereal foods, beans, fruit and vegetables.
谷類食品、豆類、水果和蔬菜中含有纖維素。
It is always important to choose enjoyable, nutritious foods
選擇好吃的、營養價值高的食物總是很重要。
They eat only plant foods, and take care to exclude animal products from other areas of their lives
他們只吃素食，在生活的其他方面也注意拒絕使用動物產品。
My doctor told me to avoid fatty foods such as bacon or hamburgers. 我的醫生叫我避免吃油膩的食物，如咸肉或漢堡包。
Avoid unhealthy foods such as hamburger and chips
不要吃不健康食品，如漢堡和薯條。
Common foods which cause this kind of reaction are fish, eggs, and shellfish.
引發這種不良反應的常見食物包括魚、蛋和貝類。
It's safe to eat foods that have been irradiated to prolong their shelf life.
食用經過輻射殺菌處理、延長了保質期的食品是安全的。
Most foods that we eat are safe for birds.
我們食用的大多數食物對鳥類都無害。
Vitamins in solution are more affected than those in solid foods.
溶液里的維生素比固體食物里的維生素受到的影響更大。
Packaged foods have to show a list of ingredients.
包裝食品必須列出食品成分。
Supermarkets often claim that they are responding to the wants of
consumers by providing packaged foods.
超市經常聲稱他們根據消費者的需要提供包裝食品。
I recommend that you avoid processed foods whenever possible.
我建議你盡量不要食用加工好的食品。
They look for foods that are low in calories.
他們要找低卡路里的食物。
Like working women anywhere, Asian women are buying convenience foods.
像其他地方的職業女性一樣，亞洲女性也購買方便食品。
Top supermarkets are to ban many genetically modified foods.
大品牌超市即將下架許多轉基因食品。
Many people dunk their foods in coffee, tea or milk.
很多人在咖啡、茶或牛奶里蘸東西吃。
It does sometimes help to know the nutritional content of foods
知道食物所含的營養成分有時的確有幫助。
Foods are broken down in the digestive tract
食物在消化道里分解。
He may suddenly take a dislike to foods that he's previously enjoyed.
對以前愛吃的食物，他興許突然就沒了胃口。
Foods that contain only medium levels of sodium are bread, cakes, milk, butter and margarine.
含鈉量僅為中等水平的食物有面包、蛋糕、牛奶、黃油和人造黃油。
《柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典》
He is provided with _____ . He needs
various____. A. food, food B. food, foods
應該選B.
