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

• 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
• 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。
• Artificial ant colony foraging behavior modeling, simulation and analysis
  人工蚁群觅食行为建模、仿真和分析
• The brain is a foraging instrument.
  大脑是一个采集工具。
• 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。
• 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。
• More attention should be paid to the biophysical factors in the termite foraging behavior.
  生物物理因素在白蚁采食行为中的作用值得更多重视。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。