食物的英文是food，它既是可数名词，也是不可数名词。当food中文含义为食物、食品时，是不可数名词，当food中文含义是食物的种类时，是可数名词。

food的基本含义及用法介绍
food作为名词，意为食物、某种食物，复数形式为foods。例句有：
1、Do you like Italian food?
你喜欢意大利食物吗？
2、It's not like you to be off your food.
胃口不好，这可不像你了。
3、Lord Fraser's speech offers much food for thought...
弗雷泽勋爵的讲演发人深省。
4、They are at the end of their food supply.
他们的食物储备已消耗殆尽。
5、Whether we need more food depends on how many people turn up.
我们是否需要更多的食物，这要视到场人数而定。
6、Within three days they had exhausted their supply of food.
他们在三天之内就把所有粮食吃光了。
7、It seems such a waste to throw good food away.
把好的食物扔掉似乎太浪费了。
8、Particles of glass had been introduced into the baby food.
这种婴儿食品中被掺进了玻璃碎屑。
9、The government has introduced some tough new laws on food hygiene.
政府对食物卫生出台了一些强硬的新法规。
10、The cat soon made the association between human beings and food.
这只猫很快就把人类与食物联系起来。
