foraging是什么意思？

foraging

英['fɒrɪdʒɪŋ] 美['fɒrɪdʒɪŋ]

• v. 搜寻（食物），尤指动物觅（食）( forage的现在分词 )，（尤指用手）搜寻（东西）；

例句

• They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps. 他们靠在垃圾场捡垃圾维持着朝不保夕的生活。
• Where have you been foraging recently? 近来你在哪儿打家劫舍来着?
• The campers went foraging for wood to make a fire. 露营者去搜寻柴木点火.
• We disturbed a wild boar that had been foraging by the roadside. 我们惊动了一只一直在路边觅食的野猪。
• We disturbed a wild boar that had been foraging by the roadside... 我们惊动了一只一直在路边觅食的野猪。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  搜查;搜寻
  If someone forages for something, they search for it in a busy way.
  例句
  They were forced to forage for clothing and fuel. 他们不得不去寻找衣服和燃料。
• VERB
  (动物)觅食
  When animals forage, they search for food.
  例句
  We disturbed a wild boar that had been foraging by the roadside... 我们惊动了一只一直在路边觅食的野猪。 The cat forages for food. 猫在寻找食物。
• N-UNCOUNT
  饲料;草料
  Forage is crops that are grown as food for cattle and horses.
  例句
  ...the amount of forage needed to feed one cow and its calf. 喂养一头母牛和小牛犊所需要的饲料

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the act of searching for food and provisions

行业词典

• 昆虫学： 觅食；覓食；