graze on grass
collocation（动物）吃草
The cows grazed on the grass in the meadow.
奶牛在草地上吃草。
（动物）吃草；啃食牧草
grazes — third person singular of graze
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（动物）吃草；啃食牧草
(of animals) to eat grass or other growing plants
The cows were grazing peacefully in the meadow.
牛群正在草地上平静地吃草。
用草喂养或供应(牛、羊等)；提供牧场
To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
吃；吃(生长的草本植物)；从(牧场)吃草
To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)
放牧(牛等)
To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
全天定期少量进食,而不是在固定用餐时间,通常不是因为饥饿
To eat small amounts of food periodically throughout the day, rather than at fixed mealtimes, often not in response to hunger.
graze
Base
原形
grazes
3rd person
第三人称单数
grazing
-ing
现在分词
grazed
Past
过去式
grazed
Past participle
过去分词
The cows graze in the meadow every morning.
奶牛每天早晨在草地上吃草。
He grazed his knee when he fell off the bike.
他从自行车上摔下来时擦伤了膝盖。
The sheep have grazed on this hillside for years.
这些羊在这片山坡上吃草已有多年。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
He grazed his knee when he fell off his bike.
他从自行车上摔下来时擦伤了膝盖。
She grazes her sheep on the hillside every afternoon.
她每天下午让羊在山坡上吃草。
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（动物）吃草
The cows grazed on the grass in the meadow.
奶牛在草地上吃草。
放牛
The farmer grazes cattle on the hillside.
农夫在山上放牛。
（不定时地）吃零食
She tends to graze on snacks rather than eating full meals.
她倾向于不定时地吃零食，而不是吃正餐。
擦破膝盖
I grazed my knee when I fell off my bike.
我从自行车上摔下来时擦破了膝盖。
擦过表面
The bullet just grazed the surface of the wall.
子弹只是擦过了墙壁表面。
牧场；放牧地
The village has common grazing land for sheep.
这个村庄有供绵羊使用的公共牧场。
在草地上吃草真带劲，宝贝，你明白吗？
The cattle graze in the field all day.
牛群整天在田野里吃草。
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联想：牛低头啃 grass（草）就是 graze；手被草叶轻轻刮过也是 graze（轻擦）。
语域：neutral 常见场景：farm、pasture、wildlife graze 作“吃草；放牧”解时，是中性且常见的动词，多用于描述牛羊等动物在草地上吃草，或人放牧。在口语和书面语中都比较自然，农业或自然描写的语境中尤其常见。注意它还有“擦伤”等意思，使用时需根据上下文判断。
及物和不及物均可，如: The cows graze in the field. (不及物); He grazed his knee. (及物)
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