forage

forage
[ˈfɒrɪdʒ]
verb
  1. [no obj.](of a person or animal) search widely for food or provisions
    (人,动物)搜寻食物
    gulls are equipped by nature to forage forfood.
    海鸥生来会搜食。
    ■[with obj.]obtain (food or provisions)
    搜得(食物)
    a girl foraging grass for oxen.
    为牛找草料的女孩。
    ■[with obj.]obtain food or provisions from (a place)
    从(某地)搜到食物
    ■[with obj.](archaic)supply (an animal or person) with food
    (古)给(动物,人)提供食物
noun
  1. [mass noun]bulky food such as grass or hay for horses and cattle; fodder
    (马或牛的)草料,饲料
  2. [in sing.]a wide search over an area in order to obtain something, especially food or provisions
    搜寻(尤指食物)
    the nightly forage produces things which can be sold.
    每晚搜寻还找到可换钱的东西。
派生
forager
noun
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French fourrage (noun), fourrager (verb), from fuerre 'straw', of Germanic origin and related to fodder
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