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

• White-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage and erosion control.
  欧亚草本植物，花白色，因其可作饲料且具有控制土壤侵蚀作用而广泛种植。
• 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。
• 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。
• Now the nutritive value of the forage is reduced.
  此时牧草的营养价值也下降了。
• 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。
• They did research on how to raise the forage yield.
  进行研究如何提高饲料产量。
• 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。
• They were forced to forage for clothing and fuel.
  他们不得不去寻找衣服和燃料。
• Leguminous plant grown for hay or forage.
  长大后用作干草或草料的豆科植物。