browse

browse
[braʊz]
verb
[no obj.]
  1. survey objects superficially and in a leisurely fashion, especially goods for sale
    随意观看
    he stopped to browse around a sporting store.
    他走进一家体育用品商店随意观看里面的商品。
    ■scan through a book or magazine superficially to gain an impression of the contents
    浏览（书刊或杂志），随意翻阅
    she browsed through the newspaper.
    她随意翻看报纸。
    ■[with obj.](Computing)read or survey (data files), typically via a network
    (计算机)（尤指通过网络）浏览（数据文件）
  2. (of an animal) feed on leaves, twigs, or other high-growing vegetation
    （动物）吃（叶子，嫩枝或其他长在高处的草木）
    they reach upward to browse on bushes.
    它们抬头吃上面的灌木叶子。
    [with obj.]the animals browse the high foliage of trees.
    动物们吃着高处树枝上的叶子。
noun
  1. [in sing.]an act of casual looking or reading
    随意观看，浏览
    the brochure is well worth a browse.
    这本小册子很值得翻一翻。
    ■something to be casually looked through
    供浏览的东西
    this book is a useful browse for a new worker in the field.
    对这个行业的新手来说翻翻这本书是有益处的。
  2. [mass noun]vegetation, such as twigs and young shoots, eaten by animals
    （动物的）牧草，（动物吃的）嫩枝，嫩芽
派生
browsable
adjective
语源
  1. late Middle English (in sense 2 of the verb): from Old French broster, from brost 'young shoot', probably of Germanic origin
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