scavenge

英 [ˈskævɪndʒ]

美 [ˈskævɪndʒ]

v.  (从废弃物中)觅食; 捡破烂; 拾荒; 吃(动物尸体)

过去式：scavenged　过去分词：scavenged　第三人称单数：scavenges　现在分词：scavenging　

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.21854 / COCA.17515

牛津词典

verb

• （从废弃物中）觅食；捡破烂；拾荒
  to search through waste for things that can be used or eaten
  1. Much of their furniture was scavenged from other people's garbage.
     他们的家具许多都是从别人扔掉的东西中捡来的。
  2. Dogs and foxes scavenged through the trash cans for something to eat.
     狗和狐狸从垃圾箱里寻找食物。
• 吃（动物尸体）
  to eat dead animals that have been killed by another animal, by a car, etc.
  1. Crows scavenge carrion left on the roads.
     乌鸦吃弃在路上的腐肉。
  2. Some fish scavenge on dead fish in the wild.
     在大自然中，有的鱼以死鱼为食。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 捡破烂;拾荒;(从废弃物中)觅食，寻找
  If people or animalsscavenge forthings, they collect them by searching among waste or unwanted objects.
  1. Many are orphans, their parents killed as they scavenged for food...
     很多人是孤儿，他们的父母在垃圾中找吃的时丢了性命。
  2. Children scavenge through garbage...
     孩子们翻捡垃圾。
  3. The foxes come and scavenge the bones...
     狐狸过来寻觅骨头。
  4. Cruz had to scavenge information from newspapers and journals.
     克鲁兹不得不从报纸和杂志中搜寻信息。

英英释义

verb

• remove unwanted substances from
  Synonym:clean
• feed on carrion or refuse
  1. hyenas scavenge
• collect discarded or refused material
  1. She scavenged the garbage cans for food
  Synonym:salvage
• clean refuse from
  1. Scavenge a street

双语例句

• Crows scavenge carrion left on the roads.
  乌鸦吃丢弃在路上的腐肉。
• Membrane Separation for Preparation of Soluble Rapeseed Protein and Its Ability to Scavenge DPPH Free Radical
  膜分离制取可溶性菜籽蛋白及其对DPPH自由基的清除作用
• Under the condition of simulated gastric juice in vitro, the effect of purple sweet potato anthocyanin to nitrite scavenge rate was determined by spectrophotometric method.
  本文研究了体外模拟胃液条件下紫甘薯花色甙对亚硝酸盐的清除作用。用分光光度法测定了紫甘薯花色甙对亚硝酸盐的清除率。
• The foxes come and scavenge the bones
  狐狸过来寻觅骨头。
• We managed to scavenge a lot of furniture from the local rubbish dump.
  我们设法从当地的垃圾堆里捡到许多家具。
• One side-effect is that people now scavenge for timber for burning, causing heavy deforestation, he said.
  一个副作用是，人们如今都靠木材来生火，造成了严重的过度砍伐。
• Comparison of the ROS Scavenge Enzyme Activities between in vivo and Detached Potato Leaves
  马铃薯活体与离体叶片中ROS清除酶活性变化的比较
• We were so poor we had to scavenge through rubbish dumps for old furniture.
  我们很穷，我们得从垃圾堆里捡回旧家具。
• Children scavenge through garbage
  孩子们翻捡垃圾。
• The fish and crabs scavenge for decaying tissue.
  鱼和蟹搜寻腐烂的组织为食。