forage

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for·age1 /ˈfɒrɪdʒ $ ˈfɑː-, ˈfɔː-/ verb [intransitiveI]

1 to go around searching for food or other supplies 四处搜寻〔食物、补给等〕

forage for

People are being forced to forage for food and fuel.

人们只得四处寻找食物和燃料。

In the summer, the goats forage freely (=in any place they want to go).

夏天，羊群自由自在地觅食。

2 LOOK FORto search for something with your hands in a bag, drawer etc 〔用手在袋子、抽屉等中〕搜寻，翻找 SYN ferret around

forage around/through/among etc

She foraged around in her purse and produced her ticket.

她在包里找来找去，最后拿出票来。

—forager noun [countableC]

Examples from the Corpus

forage• Red and gray squirrels are foraging.• A troupe of golden-crowned kinglets was foraging close to the ground.• At this time of the year, the goats can forage fairly freely and will cover relatively large areas.• A light rum and tonic in hand, he abandoned his post for the kitchen to forage for food.• The murdering sun had dipped below the horizon, and this was the time when she could forage for food.• Or send a search engine to forage for the best prices or availability across hundreds of shops simultaneously.• There was fireweed with furry yellow-and-black bumblebees foraging from it, and there were bears and caribou.• Writers who need a good title have often foraged in Shakespeare or the Bible.

forage for• Horses are able to forage for grass even under deep snow.

forage around/through/among etc• Railway embankments are a favourite because there's little to disturb them as they forage through adjoining gardens for food.• Not only are their sties roomy and warm, but they are allowed to forage around in a large orchard.• The only movement was an occasional flock of intrepid sea gulls foraging through the mess.• However, the only unauthorised visitors appear to have been souvenir hunters and men foraging among the stores.

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