food表示某種可吃的食物時(shí)，為可數(shù)名詞，后面需要加s。food既可數(shù)，也不可數(shù)。food指“食品，食物，伙食，養(yǎng)料”的統(tǒng)稱時(shí)，是不可數(shù)名詞。food還可用于比喻，指“被人思考的東西”“精神食糧”，是不可數(shù)名詞，常與介詞for連用。

Wash your hands thoroughly with hot soapy water before handling any food.

在拿吃的之前，用熱肥皂水把手好好地洗干凈。

The shallow sea bed yields up an abundance of food.

淺海床提供了豐富的食物。

Flavored coffee is sold at gourmet food stores and coffee shops.

花式咖啡可在美食店和咖啡店買到。

Be particularly fastidious about washing your hands before touching food.

接觸食物前尤其對洗手不能有半點(diǎn)馬虎。

I have always had an enquiring mind where food is concerned.

我在吃的方面一向很愛探究求索。