foraging

英 [ˈfɒrɪdʒɪŋ]

美 [ˈfɔːrɪdʒɪŋ]

v.  觅(食); (尤指用手)搜寻(东西)
forage的现在分词

现在分词：foraging　

BNC.42060 / COCA.33577

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:forage

双语例句

• Distributed Formation Control of Multi-robot System Inspired by the Foraging Behavior of Bacteria
  群体觅食行为启发的多机器人分布式编队控制方法研究
• In several studies, researchers correlated the amount of salmon-derived nitrogen or carbon directly with the movements of bears, providing further evidence that their foraging behavior is the mechanism that delivers the salmon nutrients to riparian plants.
  而好几项研究中，研究人员都认为鲑鱼带来的氮或碳的多寡，与熊的活动有直接相关，进一步证实了熊的觅食行为，是将鲑鱼养份传递给河岸植物的机制。
• The researchers believe whiskers could allow foraging seals to optimise their hunting behaviour to suit the size and shape of their prey.
  研究员相信胡须可以帮助觅食的海豹最优化它们的捕食行动，找出合适形状和大小的猎物。
• Foraging or hunting for food may also be a key component of many animal lives.
  觅食或捕猎也是很多动物一生中重要的部分。
• Less time had to be devoted to toolmaking, hunting and foraging, and more was available for chatting, playing music, hairdressing, insurance broking and discovering how the world worked.
  用于制造工具、狩猎和觅食的时间减少了，而聊天、奏乐、美发、保险经纪和研究世界如何运行的时间增加了。
• We moved from foraging and subsistence agriculture to the development of crafts and trade.
  我们从食物和生计农业，发展到手工业和贸易。
• Comparison of Grazing Sheep Foraging Behavior at Different Environment
  不同放牧环境下绵羊牧食行为的比较研究
• Application of Bacterial Foraging Optimization in Non-linear Model Identification
  细菌生存优化在非线性模型辨识中的应用
• Effects of competition on foraging behavior of Pinus massoniana and Schima superba in a heterogeneous nutrient environment
  竞争对马尾松和木荷觅取异质分布养分行为的影响
• Bacterial Foraging Algorithm for Job-Shop Scheduling System
  基于细菌觅食算法车间调度系统的研究