scavenge
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T/V-I If people or animals scavenge for things, they collect them by searching among waste or unwanted objects. (在垃圾或廢物中) 撿拾
Many are orphans, their parents killed as they scavenged for food. 很多人是孤兒，他們的父母在垃圾中撿食物時(shí)丟了性命。
Children scavenge through rubbish. 孩子們?cè)诶袚炱茽€。
2. scavengerN-COUNT 撿破爛的人; 食腐動(dòng)物
...scavengers such as rats. …老鼠之類的食腐動(dòng)物。
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scavenge /?sk?v?nd?/ (scavenging,scavenged,scavenges)
劍橋詞典
- to look for or get food or other objects in other people's rubbish
（從廢棄物中）覓食；撿破爛
The flood has left people and animals desperately scavenging for food . 因遭受水災(zāi)，村民和牲畜四處尋覓食物。
We managed to scavenge a lot of furniture from the dump . 我們從當(dāng)?shù)氐睦牙飺斓搅嗽S多家具。
If a wild animal scavenges, it feeds on the flesh of dead decaying animals .
（野生動(dòng)物）以腐肉為食 返回 scavenge