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

• 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。
• Sloth bears also have relatively large canine teeth which appear to be more functional for fighting than for foraging.
  懒熊也有相对较大的犬齿，这些牙齿看上去格斗功能强于觅食功能。
• 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。
• In the basis of Swarm Intelligence, many types of pheromone were introduced and a pheromone reaction based foraging method was given.
  基于群集智能的思想，针对群体系统的协作觅食任务，引入多种可以反应的信息素，提出了一种信息素反应的群体觅食方法。
• 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。
• Artificial ant colony foraging behavior modeling, simulation and analysis
  人工蚁群觅食行为建模、仿真和分析
• Foraging in our almost rubbed-out names.
  在我们几乎被擦掉的名字里搜寻。
• 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。
• 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。