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。
• 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。
• Effects of competition on foraging behavior of Pinus massoniana and Schima superba in a heterogeneous nutrient environment
  竞争对马尾松和木荷觅取异质分布养分行为的影响
• 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。
• 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。
• Foraging or hunting for food may also be a key component of many animal lives.
  觅食或捕猎也是很多动物一生中重要的部分。
• He's probably foraging for his bugs and berries right now.
  也许他正在吃他的虫子还有果子。
• Comparison of Grazing Sheep Foraging Behavior at Different Environment
  不同放牧环境下绵羊牧食行为的比较研究
• Application of Bacterial Foraging Optimization in Non-linear Model Identification
  细菌生存优化在非线性模型辨识中的应用
• Current projects, Haring says, include looking at lemur locomotion and jaw strength and at aye-aye foraging behavior.
  哈林说，目前的计画包括研究狐猴的运动、力强度与指猴的觅食行为。