forage

verb

/ˈfɒrɪdʒ/

/ˈfɔːrɪdʒ/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they forage	/ˈfɒrɪdʒ/ /ˈfɔːrɪdʒ/
he / she / it forages	/ˈfɒrɪdʒɪz/ /ˈfɔːrɪdʒɪz/
past simple foraged	/ˈfɒrɪdʒd/ /ˈfɔːrɪdʒd/
past participle foraged	/ˈfɒrɪdʒd/ /ˈfɔːrɪdʒd/
-ing form foraging	/ˈfɒrɪdʒɪŋ/ /ˈfɔːrɪdʒɪŋ/

[intransitive] forage (for something) (of a person or an animal人或动物) to search widely for food觅（食）
- The female only leaves the young when she forages for food.雌性只在觅食时离开幼仔。
- The pigs are allowed to forage around in a large orchard.猪被允许在一个大果园里四处觅食。
[intransitive] forage (for something) (of a person人) to search for something, especially using the hands（尤指用手）搜寻（东西） synonym rummage
- Her assistant was foraging in a cupboard for some envelopes.她的助手正在橱柜里搜寻一些信封。

词源Middle English: from Old French fourrage (noun), fourrager (verb), from fuerre ‘straw’, of Germanic origin and related to fodder.

noun

/ˈfɒrɪdʒ/

/ˈfɔːrɪdʒ/

[uncountable]