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

• Forage crops like clover and alfalfa could be planted.
  可以种植饲料类作物，比如四叶草和苜蓿。
• 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。
• They were forced to forage for clothing and fuel.
  他们不得不去寻找衣服和燃料。
• 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。
• Forage harvesting and silage equipment
  饲料收获和青贮设备
• The cat forages for food.
  猫在寻找食物。
• Perennial widely planted as for forage and as hay crop especially on poor land.
  多年生植物，广泛种植（尤其在土地贫瘠地区），用作饲料和干草。
• 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。
• Leguminous plant grown for hay or forage.
  长大后用作干草或草料的豆科植物。
• 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。