forage 详细解释

forage

['fɔ:ridʒ]

n. 粮草, 饲料, 搜寻粮草
v. 喂, 掠夺

n.

1. 草料, 饲料[U]

2. 搜索粮秣; 搜索[U][S]

vi.

搜索粮秣; 搜寻[Q][(+for/about/in)]

She foraged about in her handbag, but she couldn't find her ticket.

她在她的手提包里搜寻, 但她没能找到她的票子。

Racoons foraged in the garbage.

浣熊在垃圾里找寻食物。

The campers went foraging for wood to make a fire.

露营者去搜寻柴木点火。

词形变化

名词: forager | 动词过去式: foraged | 动词过去分词: foraged | 动词现在分词: foraging | 动词第三人称单数: forages |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.搜寻; 探索

hunt  search  look  explore

n.饲料; 谷物

fodder  feed  grain  animal food  

同义参见:

ransack  provision  

英英释义

名词 forage:

animal food for browsing or grazing

同义词:eatage, pasture, pasturage, grass

the act of searching for food and provisions

同义词:foraging

动词 forage:

collect or look around for (food)

同义词:scrounge

wander and feed

补充

forageforage英:[ˈfɔridʒ] 美:[ˈfɔrɪdʒ, ˈfɑr-]n.1.牛马饲料2.寻找粮草vi.1.搜寻(食物)He foraged about in the cupboard.他在碗橱里到处寻找食物。

例句

1. the amount of forage needed to feed one cow and its calf饲养一头母牛和它的小牛犊所需的草料 2. Badgers have left the wood on their nightly forage.獾已经离开树林, 开始了夜间觅食。 3. The US is still involved in military forages in several parts of the world.全世界好几个地区的军事突袭行动仍然有美国参与其中。 4. Our ancestors lived in caves and survived by hunting and foraging for food.我们的祖先住在山洞里, 靠打猎和觅食生存下来。 5. We disturbed a wild boar that had been foraging by the roadside.我们惊扰了一只一直在路边觅食的野猪。 6. Uncle Bub described Union troops foraging, killing pigs and chickens, and stealing food.巴布叔叔描述说, 联军发动袭击, 杀死了猪和鸡, 还偷走了粮食。 7. They were forced to forage for clothing and fuel.他们被迫发动突袭, 抢夺衣物和燃料。 8. The six people are living on what they can forage and a little food from aid groups and neighbours.这六个人靠他们搜寻到的食物和从援救小组及邻居那里得到的一点点食物活命。 9. to forage liberally on the country在农村大量搜寻粮草 10. He foraged in the kitchen for something to eat.他在厨房中搜寻一些吃的东西。 11. to forage the countryside在乡间征集粮秣 12. The soldiers foraged the villages near their camp.士兵们抢劫了他们营地周围的村庄。 13. to forage cattle饲牛 14. They foraged a pig for the feast.他们为筵席搞到一头猪。 15. gulls are equipped by nature to forage forfood.海鸥生来会搜食。 16. a girl foraging grass for oxen.为牛找草料的女孩。 17. the nightly forage produces things which can be sold.每晚搜寻还找到可换钱的东西。 18. The cows were foraging in the pasture.奶牛在牧场吃草。 19. He had to forage for firewood.他得去找柴火。 20. squirrels foraging for acorns搜寻橡树子的松鼠 21. The grass serves as forage for livestock.这种草可以做牲畜的饲料。 22. a good forage crop优良的饲料作物