表示泛指的食物或食物總體時(shí)是不可數(shù)名詞，如：a shortage of food，食物短缺。表示固體的食物時(shí)是不可數(shù)名詞，如：Without food and drink we cannot survive for long，沒有食物和水我們活不了多久。表示特定的食品時(shí)是可數(shù)名詞。

Food的相關(guān)知識

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，糧食：通常是源于植物和動(dòng)物的物質(zhì)，包含有人體營養(yǎng)物的必不可少物質(zhì)或由其組成如：糖類、脂肪、蛋白質(zhì)、維他命和礦物質(zhì)等，由產(chǎn)生能量、促進(jìn)發(fā)育和維持生命的組織消化和吸收

A specified kind of nourishment:

特定食物：食物的一種特殊形式：

breakfast food; plant food.

早餐；植物食物

Nourishment eaten in solid form:

食品：固體形式的食品：

food and drink.

飲食

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

養(yǎng)料，精神食糧：以身體營養(yǎng)的隱含方式滋養(yǎng)或供養(yǎng)的東西：

food for thought; food for the soul.

思想食物；靈魂食糧

n.attributive.（定語名詞）

Often used to modify another noun:

通常用來修飾另一個(gè)名詞：

food allergies; food additives.

食物過敏癥；食物添加劑

如：health foods保健食品

baby foods 嬰兒食品

frozen foods冷凍食品

sea foods 海鮮