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

• Research on Foraging Behavior Based on Pheromone Reaction
  基于信息素反应的群体觅食行为研究
• 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。
• Effects of volatiles from different trophic level on foraging behavior of Aphidius avenae.
  不同营养层次挥发物对燕麦蚜茧蜂寄主搜寻行为的影响。
• The results suggest that different brood pheromones of honeybee have different biological effects on development and foraging behavior of Apis cerana cerana workers.
  这些结果说明，不同蜜蜂幼虫信息素对中华蜜蜂工蜂发育和采集行为具有不同的生物学效应。
• 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。
• The brain is a foraging instrument.
  大脑是一个采集工具。
• Foraging in our almost rubbed-out names.
  在我们几乎被擦掉的名字里搜寻。
• Artificial ant colony foraging behavior modeling, simulation and analysis
  人工蚁群觅食行为建模、仿真和分析
• Some bees go out foraging, but one stands by the entrance to the nest.
  有的蜜蜂外出觅食，此时，就会有一只蜜蜂像守卫一样把守在蜂窝的入口处。