| 释义 |
scavenger
/skav"in jeuhr/, n.
1. an animal or other organism that feeds on dead organic matter.
2. a person who searches through and collects items from discarded material.
3. a street cleaner.
4. Chem. a chemical that consumes or renders inactive the impurities in a mixture.
[1520-30; earlier scavager < AF scawageour, equiv. to (e)scawage inspection (escaw(er) to inspect < MD schauwen to look at (c. SHOW) + -age -AGE) + -eour -OR2] |