scavenge
英 ['sk?v?n(d)?]
美['sk?v?nd?]
- vt. 打掃；排除廢氣；以…為食
- vi. 清除污物；打掃
TEM8暢通詞匯低頻詞
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?scavenges;過去式:?scavenged;過去分詞:?scavenged;現(xiàn)在分詞:?scavenging;
助記提示
1. show => *scow- => *scaw- => *scav- => *scavage => scavager => scavenger => scavenge "search, look at, inspect".
2. With intrusive -n- (c.1500) as in harbinger, passenger, messenger.
3. 諧音“拾街(四川方言：gai)瘟雞、拾街蚊圾、拾街蚊子、掃街蚊圾”。
中文詞源
scavenge 拾荒，撿破爛回構(gòu)自 scavenger,搭荒者，撿破爛者。
英文詞源
- scavenge (v.)
- 1640s, back-formation from scavenger. Related: Scavenged; scavenging.
雙語例句
- 1. Cruz had to scavenge information from newspapers and journals.
- 克魯茲不得不從報紙和雜志中搜尋信息。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Children scavenge through garbage.
- 孩子們翻撿垃圾。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The foxes come and scavenge the bones.
- 狐貍過來尋覓骨頭。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The fish and crabs scavenge for decaying tissue.
- 魚和蟹搜尋腐爛的組織為食.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. You can often scavenge nice bits of old furniture from skips.
- 從廢物堆里往往能撿到一些挺好的舊家具.
來自辭典例句