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单词 scavenge
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
scav•enge /ˈskævɪndʒ/USA pronunciation   v., -enged, -eng•ing. 
  1. to gather by searching (something that can be used) from rubbish: [no object; (~ + for + object)]The vultures scavenged for food.[~ + object]scavenged some parts.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
scav•enge  (skav′inj),USA pronunciation v., -enged, -eng•ing. 
v.t. 
  1. to take or gather (something usable) from discarded material.
  2. to cleanse of filth, as a street.
  3. Automotiveto expel burnt gases from (the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine).
  4. Metallurgyto purify (molten metal) by introducing a substance that will combine chemically with impurities.

v.i. 
  1. to act as a scavenger.
  2. Automotive(of an engine or cylinder) to become scavenged of burnt gases.
  3. to search, esp. for food.
  • back formation from scavenger 1635–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
scavenge /ˈskævɪndʒ/ vb
  1. to search for (anything usable) among discarded material
  2. (transitive) to purify (a molten metal) by bubbling a suitable gas through it. The gas may be inert or may react with the impurities
  3. to clean up filth from (streets, etc)
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