英语词汇“forage”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

for·age

(fôrĭj, fŏr-)

1. Plant material that livestock graze or that is cut and fed to them.

2. The act of looking or searching for food or provisions.

v. for·aged, for·ag·ing, for·ag·es

v.intr.

1. To wander in search of food or provisions.

2. To search for a particular food or foods, often in the wild: foraged for mushrooms; foraging in the farmers' markets for choice produce.

3. To make a raid, as for food: soldiers foraging near an abandoned farm.

4. To conduct a search; rummage: foraged through the clutter in his closet.

v.tr.

1. To collect forage from; strip of food or supplies: troops who were foraging the countryside.

2. Informal To obtain by foraging: foraged a snack from the refrigerator.

[Middle English, from Old French fourrage, from forrer, to forage, from feurre, fodder, of Germanic origin; see pā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

forag·er n.

单词	forage
释义	for·age (fôrĭj, fŏr-) n. 1. Plant material that livestock graze or that is cut and fed to them. 2. The act of looking or searching for food or provisions. v. for·aged, for·ag·ing, for·ag·es v.intr. 1. To wander in search of food or provisions. 2. To search for a particular food or foods, often in the wild: foraged for mushrooms; foraging in the farmers' markets for choice produce. 3. To make a raid, as for food: soldiers foraging near an abandoned farm. 4. To conduct a search; rummage: foraged through the clutter in his closet. v.tr. 1. To collect forage from; strip of food or supplies: troops who were foraging the countryside. 2. Informal To obtain by foraging: foraged a snack from the refrigerator. [Middle English, from Old French fourrage, from forrer, to forage, from feurre, fodder, of Germanic origin; see pā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] forag·er n.
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