forage

英 [ˈfɒrɪdʒ]

美 [ˈfɔːrɪdʒ]

v.  觅(食); (尤指用手)搜寻(东西)
n.  (牛马的)饲料

现在分词：foraging　过去式：foraged　第三人称单数：forages　过去分词：foraged　复数：forages　

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牛津词典

verb

• 觅（食）
  to search for food
• （尤指用手）搜寻（东西）
  to search for sth, especially using the hands

noun

• （牛马的）饲料
  food for horses and cows
  1. forage crops/grass
     饲料作物；饲草

柯林斯词典

• VERB 搜查;搜寻
  If someoneforages forsomething, they search for it in a busy way.
  1. They were forced to forage for clothing and fuel.
     他们不得不去寻找衣服和燃料。
• VERB (动物)觅食
  When animalsforage, they search for food.
  1. We disturbed a wild boar that had been foraging by the roadside...
     我们惊动了一只一直在路边觅食的野猪。
  2. The cat forages for food.
     猫在寻找食物。
• N-UNCOUNT 饲料;草料
  Forageis crops that are grown as food for cattle and horses.
  1. ...the amount of forage needed to feed one cow and its calf.
     喂养一头母牛和小牛犊所需要的饲料

英英释义

noun

• the act of searching for food and provisions
  Synonym:foraging
• bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
  Synonym:eatagepasturepasturagegrass

verb

• wander and feed
  1. The animals forage in the woods
• collect or look around for (food)
  Synonym:scrounge

双语例句

• Annual native to Korea but widely cultivated for forage and hay in hot dry regions.
  原产于朝鲜的一年生植物，因其可作饲料和干草而在热带干旱地区广泛种植。
• Rhizobia inoculation also had better effect on growth and forage quality of alfalfa.
  接种根瘤菌也显著促进了紫花苜蓿生长。
• A source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food.
  其种子可以用来制油的原料和制作食物；其根茎可以用于制作草料和土壤改良。
• Sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure.
  旧大陆的一年一生的攀爬植物，在美国南部广泛种植，并被用作食物，草料和绿肥。
• Recently many cases of host resistance to insects have been reported in papers for forage and legume species.
  最近报纸报道了许多饲类和豆类作物抗虫的情况。
• European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops.
  欧洲的一种野豌豆，通常被用来制草料和覆盖作物。
• The main predisposition of occurrence of this disease lies in the seasonal changes and forage conversion.
  季节转换和饲草料结构的变化是本病发生的主要诱因。
• Cows and sheep depends forage to feed.
  牛和羊依靠草料喂养。
• The demand trend of green livestock products and resources of forage grass, land and weather are analyzed.
  分析了绿色蓄产品的需求趋势和郴州市发展绿色畜牧业的饲草和土地、气候资源；
• They were forced to forage for clothing and fuel.
  他们不得不去寻找衣服和燃料。