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。
食腐;以腐肉或垃圾为食
scavenges — third person singular of scavenge
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食腐;以腐肉或垃圾为食
feed on carrion or refuse
The stray dogs scavenged for food in the streets.
流浪狗在街上翻找食物。
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
To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material.
清除某物中的杂质,尤指通过去除杂质来净化熔融金属
To remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities.
从内燃机气缸排出废气,并吸入空气以进行下一循环
To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle.
以腐肉或垃圾为食
To feed on carrion or refuse.
scavenge
Base
原形
scavenges
3rd person
第三人称单数
scavenging
-ing
现在分词
scavenged
Past
过去式
scavenged
Past participle
过去分词
Seagulls scavenge food from the beach.
海鸥在海滩上寻找食物。
The villagers scavenged wood from the old houses after the storm.
暴风雨后,村民们从旧房子里捡拾木料。
The stray dogs are scavenging in the rubbish bins.
那些流浪狗正在垃圾箱里翻找食物。
scavenge 为规则动词,基本义为“搜寻可用之物”或“清除/吃掉腐肉、垃圾”;作及物动词时接被搜寻或清除的对象,作不及物动词时表示翻找或觅食。
After the festival, volunteers scavenged the park for recyclable bottles.
节日之后,志愿者们搜遍公园寻找可回收的瓶子。
The artist scavenges junkyards for old metal pieces to use in her sculptures.
这位艺术家在废车场里搜寻旧金属件,用来做她的雕塑。
We scavenged the beach for driftwood to build a fire.
我们在海滩上搜寻浮木,想生一堆火。
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。
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。
此时作及物动词,表示清除某处的垃圾或废弃物。
Workers scavenged the streets after the festival.
节日过后,工人们清扫了街道。
用于动物,意为食用腐肉或垃圾。
Vultures scavenge on the remains of dead animals.
秃鹫以动物的尸体为食。
Not this
Vultures are scavenges that eat dead animals.
Use this
Vultures are scavengers that eat dead animals.
scavenge 是动词,表示“食腐、清扫、搜寻”;表示“食腐动物”的名词是 scavenger。这里把动词误当名词使用,应改用名词复数 scavengers 才能与主语 Vultures 对应。
Not this
He scavenged his phone in the dumpster.
Use this
He scavenged for his phone in the dumpster.
表示“在垃圾箱里翻找手机”时,scavenge 作不及物动词,后接 for 再加寻找的目标;scavenge 作及物动词时宾语是地点或清除对象(如 scavenge the streets),不能直接接要找的物品。加 for 后语义才正确。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
以拾荒为生
She scavenged a living by collecting recyclable materials.
她靠捡拾可回收物为生。
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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。
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。
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。
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