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

graze

(greɪz )

Word forms: grazes , grazing , grazed

1. verb

When animals graze or are grazed, they eat the grass or other plants that are growing in a particular place. You can also say that a field is grazed by animals.

Five cows graze serenely around a massive oak. [VERB]

The hills have been grazed by sheep because they were too steep to be ploughed. [be VERB-ed]

Several horses grazed the meadowland. [VERB noun]

...a large herd of grazing animals. [VERB-ing]

2. verb

If you graze a part of your body, you injure your skin by scraping against something.

I had grazed my knees a little. [VERB noun]

Synonyms: scratch, skin, bark, scrape

grazed adjective

...grazed arms and legs.

3. countable noun

A graze is a small wound caused by scraping against something.

Synonyms: scratch, scrape, abrasion

4. verb

If something grazes another thing, it touches that thing lightly as it passes by.

A bullet had grazed his arm. [VERB noun]

Wright managed a shot but it grazed the near post and rolled harmlessly across the goal. [VERB noun]

Synonyms: touch, brush, rub, scrape

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Collocations:

graze nearby

Wild horses graze nearby, and one of the locals still uses donkey power to harvest his potatoes.

Times, Sunday Times

Guests can cook dinner on an outdoor fire pit while farm animals graze nearby.

Times, Sunday Times

Stallions, breeding mares and goats grazed nearby on the rich pastures surrounding the home.

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Then a rabbit grazing nearby offered herself as food to save his life.

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livestock grazing

Very extensive livestock grazing and mining are the predominant activities on the remaining land.

Cloke, Paul J (ed) Rural Land-Use Planning in Developed Nations (1989)

Since 1983, only livestock grazing has been permitted.

Cloke, Paul J (ed) Rural Land-Use Planning in Developed Nations (1989)

The main causes of degradation include unsustainable logging, agriculture, invasive species, fire, fuelwood gathering, and livestock grazing.

Ian D. Thompson, Manuel R. Guariguata, Kimiko Okabe, Carlos Bahamondez, Robert Nasi, Victoria Heymell, Cesar Sabogal 2013, 'An Operational Framework for Defining and Monitoring Forest Degradation', Ecology and Society

sheep graze

There is also a maypole, water mill, cricket on the village green and 70 sheep grazing.

The Sun (2012)

Which is a more bucolic scene: a flock of sheep grazing in the distance or some ugly metal monster making a racket?

Times, Sunday Times (2008)

Farmers whose sheep graze the surrounding hills fear their own livelihoods may be jeopardised by the scandal.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

All the public sees are sheep grazing on the hillside.

Times, Sunday Times (2006)

Translations:

Chinese: 吃草牛、羊等, 擦伤

Japanese: 牧草を食べさせる/牧草を食べる, 擦り傷

单词	graze
释义	graze (greɪz ) Word forms: grazes , grazing , grazed 1. verb When animals graze or are grazed, they eat the grass or other plants that are growing in a particular place. You can also say that a field is grazed by animals. Five cows graze serenely around a massive oak. [VERB] The hills have been grazed by sheep because they were too steep to be ploughed. [be VERB-ed] Several horses grazed the meadowland. [VERB noun] ...a large herd of grazing animals. [VERB-ing] 2. verb If you graze a part of your body, you injure your skin by scraping against something. I had grazed my knees a little. [VERB noun] Synonyms: scratch, skin, bark, scrape grazed adjective ...grazed arms and legs. 3. countable noun A graze is a small wound caused by scraping against something. Synonyms: scratch, scrape, abrasion 4. verb If something grazes another thing, it touches that thing lightly as it passes by. A bullet had grazed his arm. [VERB noun] Wright managed a shot but it grazed the near post and rolled harmlessly across the goal. [VERB noun] Synonyms: touch, brush, rub, scrape Image of graze © Andre Bonn, Shutterstock Collocations: graze nearby Wild horses graze nearby, and one of the locals still uses donkey power to harvest his potatoes. Times, Sunday Times Guests can cook dinner on an outdoor fire pit while farm animals graze nearby. Times, Sunday Times Stallions, breeding mares and goats grazed nearby on the rich pastures surrounding the home. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Then a rabbit grazing nearby offered herself as food to save his life. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 livestock grazing Very extensive livestock grazing and mining are the predominant activities on the remaining land. Cloke, Paul J (ed) Rural Land-Use Planning in Developed Nations (1989) Since 1983, only livestock grazing has been permitted. Cloke, Paul J (ed) Rural Land-Use Planning in Developed Nations (1989) The main causes of degradation include unsustainable logging, agriculture, invasive species, fire, fuelwood gathering, and livestock grazing. Ian D. Thompson, Manuel R. Guariguata, Kimiko Okabe, Carlos Bahamondez, Robert Nasi, Victoria Heymell, Cesar Sabogal 2013, 'An Operational Framework for Defining and Monitoring Forest Degradation', Ecology and Society sheep graze There is also a maypole, water mill, cricket on the village green and 70 sheep grazing. The Sun (2012) Which is a more bucolic scene: a flock of sheep grazing in the distance or some ugly metal monster making a racket? Times, Sunday Times (2008) Farmers whose sheep graze the surrounding hills fear their own livelihoods may be jeopardised by the scandal. Times, Sunday Times (2013) All the public sees are sheep grazing on the hillside. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Translations: Chinese: 吃草牛、羊等, 擦伤 Japanese: 牧草を食べさせる/牧草を食べる, 擦り傷
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