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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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；
• Cows and sheep depends forage to feed.
  牛和羊依靠草料喂养。
• Now the nutritive value of the forage is reduced.
  此时牧草的营养价值也下降了。
• 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。
• Perennial grass of South Africa introduced into United States; cultivated as forage grass in dry regions.
  引入美国的一种南非多年生草；干燥地区培植的草料草。
• Important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop.
  欧洲重要的豆科草料植物，三叶，蓝紫色花，作为牧草和甘草作物广泛种植。