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forage

/fawr-ij, for-/US // ˈfɔr ɪdʒ, ˈfɒr- //UK // (ˈfɒrɪdʒ) //

草料,饲草,饲料,觅食

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
    • : the seeking or obtaining of such food.
    • : the act of searching for provisions of any kind.
    • : a raid.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    for·aged, for·ag·ing.

    • : to wander or go in search of provisions.
    • : to search about; seek; rummage; hunt: He went foraging in the attic for old mementos.
    • : to make a raid.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    for·aged, for·ag·ing.

    • : to collect forage from; strip of supplies; plunder: to forage the countryside.
    • : to supply with forage.
    • : to obtain by foraging.

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Examples

  • Most fallow or unplanted soils are below the neutral level, meaning they’re acidic, which prevents planted forage from accessing the soil’s nutrients.

  • A few simple steps, a little time, and a few bucks for shipping, and you’ll have the information you need to give your seeds the best chance to flourish into deer-magnet forage.

  • Charred proteins and veggies and starches take less energy to chew and digest than raw ones, netting more calories and nutrients with each forage and hunt.

  • There’s so much forage about, the predators are in hunting mode.

  • When rainfall is plentiful, there’s more likely to be enough forage for all grass-eaters.

  • Make him forage, dig it out of the ice, catch the occasional live trout.

  • They raise cattle on the grassland, and sow the other half in wheat and forage for the herd.

  • They go to the grocery store dumpster to forage for food, find potatoes, butter, and celery.

  • His main body set about preparing food, and disposed themselves at ease, while parties went out to forage.

  • This led to the discovery that the young urchin had been on a most successful forage for a dinner that morning.

  • He had to keep 160 men and eighty horse, and to draw all victuals and forage from England.

  • On coming in front of the Captain, he stopped short, and raised his hand respectfully to the peak of his forage cap.

  • Youatt attributes it to certain kinds of forage, which are peculiar to the above situations.