scavenger

scav·en·ger

S0129300 (skăv′ən-jər)n.1. An animal, such as a vulture or housefly, that feeds on dead or decaying matter.2. One that scavenges, as a person who searches through refuse for useful items.3. Chemistry A substance added to a mixture to remove or inactivate impurities.

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[Alteration of Middle English scauager, schavager, official charged with street maintenance, from Anglo-Norman scawager, toll collector, from scawage, a tax on the goods of foreign merchants, from Flemish scauwen, to look at, show.]

scavenger

(ˈskævɪndʒə) n1. a person who collects things discarded by others2. (Zoology) any animal that feeds on decaying organic matter, esp on refuse3. (Chemistry) a substance added to a chemical reaction or mixture to counteract the effect of impurities4. a person employed to clean the streets[C16: from Anglo-Norman scawager, from Old Norman French escauwage examination, from escauwer to scrutinize, of Germanic origin; related to Flemish scauwen] ˈscavengery n

scav•en•ger

(ˈskæv ɪn dʒər)

n. 1. an animal or other organism that feeds on dead organic matter. 2. a person who scavenges for useful material. 3. a street cleaner. 4. a chemical that consumes or renders inactive the impurities in a mixture. [1520–30; earlier scavager < Anglo-French scawageour=(e)scawage inspection (escaw(er) to inspect (< Middle Dutch schauwen to look at, c. show) + -age -age) + -eour -or²]

scav·en·ger

(skăv′ən-jər) An animal that feeds on dead organisms, especially a meat-eating animal that eats dead animals rather than hunting live prey. Vultures, hyenas, and wolves are scavengers.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scavenger - a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impuritieschemical agent - an agent that produces chemical reactions
	2.	scavenger - someone who collects things that have been discarded by otherspack rat, magpiehoarder - a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use
	3.	scavenger - any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matteranimal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movementbottom-feeder - a scavenger that feeds low on the food chain

Translations

捡破烂的人清道夫食腐动物

scavenge

(ˈskӕvindʒ) verb to search for useful or usable objects, food etc amongst rubbish etc. 拾破爛，在...中搜尋有用之物 拾破烂ˈscavenger noun 拾荒者，食腐肉的動物 捡破烂的人，清道夫，食腐动物