Word · Frequency #15297
forage
饲料；草料
Bulky food such as grass or hay eaten by grazing animals like horses and cattle.
- 1.
Fodder for animals, especially cattle and horses.
动物的饲料,尤指牛和马。
- 2.
bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle
供马牛等牲畜啃食或放牧的粗饲料,如草或干草
- 3.
An act or instance of foraging.
觅食的行为或实例。
- 4.
the act of searching for food and provisions
寻找食物和补给的行为
动物的饲料,尤指牛和马。；供马牛等牲畜啃食或放牧的粗饲料,如草或干草；觅食的行为或实例。；寻找食物和补给的行为；粮草
In use
The stable keeps a large supply of forage for the horses.
After the drought, the cattle had little forage to eat.
Oats and hay are common forages used by farmers.
forage for [livestock]
作名词时，forage为不可数名词，指牛马等牲畜的草料或饲料。
The farmer stores forage for the horses in winter.
农民在冬天为马储存草料。
forage for [food]
作不及物动词时，forage for强调四处寻找食物。
Squirrels forage for nuts in autumn.
松鼠在秋天搜寻坚果。
forage in [place]
主语通常是动物，表示在一处地方觅食。
The goats foraged in the mountain meadow.
Connections
Collocations
- forage crops
- 饲料作物
- The farm grows forage crops such as alfalfa and clover for its cattle.这个农场为它的牛种植苜蓿和三叶草等饲料作物。
- winter forage
- 冬季饲料
- Farmers store winter forage to keep their animals healthy through the winter.农民储存冬季饲料，让牲畜在冬季保持健康。
- forage quality
- 饲料品质
- Forage quality directly affects the growth rate of young livestock.饲料品质直接影响幼畜的生长速度。
- natural forage
- 天然牧草
- Sheep often thrive on natural forage rather than concentrated feed.绵羊通常靠天然牧草而非精饲料就能茁壮成长。
- available forage
- 可用草料
- The amount of available forage limits how many animals the land can support.可用草料的数量限制了这片土地能供养多少牲畜。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：forage 首音像 four（四），想象牛‘四处’低头找草料——forage 就是‘搜寻粮草/草料’。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：agriculture、animal husbandry、academic writing 此义项指牲畜的草料或饲料，多用于农业、畜牧或学术书面语境；日常口语中较少使用，更常说 feed 或 fodder。
Grammar Note
拼写提示：forage 的现在分词和过去式分别为 foraging、foraged，需去掉末尾 e 再加 -ing；名词复数形式为 forages。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 storage /ˈstɔrɪdʒ/ 和（美式）porridge /ˈpɔrɪdʒ/ 押韵，重读元音及之后均为 /ɔrɪdʒ/。注意拼写以 -age 结尾的 garage /ɡəˈrɑːʒ/、courage /ˈkɜːrɪdʒ/、voyage /ˈvɔɪɪdʒ/ 等并不押韵，读音差异明显。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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