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

• 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。
• The foxes come and scavenge the bones
  狐狸过来寻觅骨头。
• Crows scavenge carrion left on the roads.
  乌鸦吃丢弃在路上的腐肉。
• Similar explosions can occur in the chain casing& scavenge air box.
  类似的爆炸也会发生在链条箱内及扫气箱内。
• In order to improve the performance of zeolite scavenge column, its ability of removal of humidity and carbon dioxide was studied by both static and dynamic approaches.
  为了提高氙核查系统中分子筛除杂柱的除杂性能，采用静态吸附和动态吸附两种方法对系统中分子筛除杂柱的性能进行了研究。
• I had no resources at all, except what I could scavenge or beg.
  除了能捡到或乞讨到一些东西外，我根本没有生活来源。
• Purple sweet potato anthocyanin to scavenge nitrite were determined under conditions of reaction time, temperature, the purple sweet potato anthocyanin's use and food additives.
  考察了反应时间、温度、紫甘薯花色甙用量以及食品添加剂对紫甘薯花色甙清除亚硝酸盐效果的影响。
• The Ability to Scavenge Free Radical of Dandelion Polysaccharide by Ultrafiltration Separation
  蒲公英多糖的超滤分离及其清除自由基的作用研究
• We scavenge the stuff they leave behind.
  我们打扫他们留下的东西。
• 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。