foraging

英 [ˈfɒrɪdʒɪŋ]

美 [ˈfɔːrɪdʒɪŋ]

v.  觅(食); (尤指用手)搜寻(东西)
forage的现在分词

现在分词：foraging　

BNC.42060 / COCA.33577

柯林斯词典

• VERB 搜查;搜寻
  If someoneforages forsomething, they search for it in a busy way.
  1. They were forced to forage for clothing and fuel.
     他们不得不去寻找衣服和燃料。
• VERB (动物)觅食
  When animalsforage, they search for food.
  1. We disturbed a wild boar that had been foraging by the roadside...
     我们惊动了一只一直在路边觅食的野猪。
  2. The cat forages for food.
     猫在寻找食物。
• N-UNCOUNT 饲料;草料
  Forageis crops that are grown as food for cattle and horses.
  1. ...the amount of forage needed to feed one cow and its calf.
     喂养一头母牛和小牛犊所需要的饲料

英英释义

noun

• the act of searching for food and provisions
  Synonym:forage

双语例句

• Less time had to be devoted to toolmaking, hunting and foraging, and more was available for chatting, playing music, hairdressing, insurance broking and discovering how the world worked.
  用于制造工具、狩猎和觅食的时间减少了，而聊天、奏乐、美发、保险经纪和研究世界如何运行的时间增加了。
• When a certain behaviour is found to have obvious pay-offs or functions it is, almost by definition, no longer'play'but is defined by its function, such as foraging, predator avoidance or mating.
  当一个特定的动作有了明显的回报或者有一定的作用后，就不叫作“玩耍”了，而用它的作用来定义它的名字，如食草、避免被捕食或者交配。
• A robot path planning algorithm based on scout ants in collaboration with foraging ants
  基于侦察蚁和觅食蚁协作的机器人路径规划算法
• The researchers believe whiskers could allow foraging seals to optimise their hunting behaviour to suit the size and shape of their prey.
  研究员相信胡须可以帮助觅食的海豹最优化它们的捕食行动，找出合适形状和大小的猎物。
• We moved from foraging and subsistence agriculture to the development of crafts and trade.
  我们从食物和生计农业，发展到手工业和贸易。
• We befriended each other when wolves were foraging around our Mesolithic camps for food, and our own ancestors quickly discovered that'dogs'could help them track and hunt animals.
  我们互相获益。当狼在我们人类阵营附近寻找食物时，我们的祖先就很快发现了“狗”能够帮助我们寻找和跟踪猎物。
• The brain is a foraging instrument.
  大脑是一个采集工具。
• Sloth bears also have relatively large canine teeth which appear to be more functional for fighting than for foraging.
  懒熊也有相对较大的犬齿，这些牙齿看上去格斗功能强于觅食功能。
• Research of the Application in Image Segmentation of the Foraging Principle in Simulation
  仿真学中觅食原理在图像分割中应用的研究
• This paper reviews the effects of social learning on foraging behavior in herbivorous birds and mammals and the underlying mechanisms.
  综述了社群学习对植食性鸟类和哺乳动物觅食行为的作用，并述评了其学习机制。