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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Collins.1 / BNC.15297 / COCA.11147

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

• Effects of Drying Temperature and Harvest Time on ADIN Content of Forage Maize
  干燥温度和收获时期对饲用玉米ADIN含量的影响
• Now the nutritive value of the forage is reduced.
  此时牧草的营养价值也下降了。
• The information will be used to develop and test forage and grazing management strategies for red meat production systems.
  这些资料将被用来发展和测试牛羊肉生产系统的饲料和放牧管理对策。
• 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。
• The emphasis was on the research advances in forage quality breeding in recent years.
  并着重概括了国内外牧草品质育种的研究进展。
• They were forced to forage for clothing and fuel.
  他们不得不去寻找衣服和燃料。
• 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；
• 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。
• Cows and sheep depends forage to feed.
  牛和羊依靠草料喂养。
• 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。