Word · Frequency #21854
scavenge
食腐;以腐肉或垃圾为食
feed on carrion or refuse
- 1.
To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material.
收集并清除垃圾,或在垃圾、腐肉或废弃物品中搜寻有用材料
- 2.
To remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities.
清除某物中的杂质,尤指通过去除杂质来净化熔融金属
- 3.
To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle.
从内燃机气缸排出废气,并吸入空气以进行下一循环
- 4.
To feed on carrion or refuse.
以腐肉或垃圾为食
清扫;打扫;清除;排除;收集并清除垃圾,或在垃圾、腐肉或废弃物品中搜寻有用材料;清除某物中的杂质,尤指通过去除杂质来净化熔融金属;从内燃机气缸排出废气,并吸入空气以进行下一循环
In use
After the festival, volunteers scavenged the park for recyclable bottles.
The artist scavenges junkyards for old metal pieces to use in her sculptures.
We scavenged the beach for driftwood to build a fire.
scavenge for sth
常指在垃圾或废弃物中寻找可用的东西。
The stray dogs scavenged for food in the streets.
流浪狗在街上翻找食物。
scavenge sth from sth
强调从废弃物中找出有用的物品。
We scavenged timber from the old warehouse.
我们从旧仓库里找到了可用的木材。
scavenge sth
此时作及物动词,表示清除某处的垃圾或废弃物。
Connections
Collocations
- scavenge for food
- 寻找食物(尤指垃圾或腐肉)
- Stray dogs scavenge for food in the streets.流浪狗在街上寻找食物。
- scavenge through the trash
- 翻找垃圾
- The homeless man scavenged through the trash for empty bottles.那个无家可归的人在垃圾里翻找空瓶子。
- scavenge from
- 从…中搜寻(有用物)
- The engineer scavenged spare parts from old machines.这位工程师从旧机器上拆找备用零件。
- scavenge on
- 以…为食(多指腐肉)
- Hyenas scavenge on the kills of lions.鬣狗以狮子捕杀的猎物为食。
- scavenge a living
- 以拾荒为生
- She scavenged a living by collecting recyclable materials.她靠捡拾可回收物为生。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 scavenger(食腐动物):像扫描(scan)垃圾堆那样翻找有用之物或腐食,就是 scavenge。sca- 开头发音近 scan。
Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:动物纪录片或科普讨论、垃圾堆中寻找可用物品、工业或工程中的清除/排废 scavenge 有几个相关义项,语体略有不同:动物以腐肉或垃圾为食时多用于客观描述;在垃圾中找有用之物时较日常;工业上指清除或排出废气/废料则比较正式。使用时可依场合选择。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 scavenge 的词尾 /ɪndʒ/ 发音相同,但拼写多为 -inge。注意 avenge /əˈvendʒ/ 和 revenge /rɪˈvendʒ/ 拼写作 -enge,读音却是 /-ɛndʒ/,与 scavenge 不匹配。
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
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