scavenge
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++scav·enge /ˈskævəndʒ/ verb [intransitive, transitive] 1 HBAif an animal scavenges, it eats anything that it can find 〔动物〕以（任何找到的东西）为食 Pigs scavenged among the rubbish. 猪在垃圾堆里觅食。scavenge for rats scavenging for food 觅食的老鼠2 LOOK FORif someone scavenges, they search through things that other people do not want, for food or useful objects 〔人〕在废弃物中寻找 There are people who live in the dump and scavenge garbage for a living. 有些人生活在垃圾场，以捡破烂为生。scavenge for Women were scavenging for old furniture. 女人们在翻找旧家具。 —scavenger noun [countable] Foxes and other scavengers go through the dustbins. 狐狸和其他一些食腐动物在垃圾箱里翻找食物。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
scavenge• That's far below our eyrie - I go down there to scavenge.• Occasionally, the clouds, cleared and I was able to film mink scavenging along the rocky shoreline at low tide.• With only the single, terrible fact of 21 December known for certain, journalists have scavenged and speculated.• He was looking for his two sons, who had been out scavenging bones when the storm struck.• Unlike most other fabled beasts it preferred to scavenge carrion from the forest floor rather than kill for fresh meat.• Not even squatters camped in this place, so more likely they'd been broken by locals scavenging for carpets or pipes.• He made his way through a ragpickers' village built with material scavenged from other parts of the city.• For parts, he scrounged around various offices and supply rooms, scavenging what seemed useful.scavenge for• In the garbage dumps, women and children scavenge for glass and plastic bottles.Origin scavenge (1600-1700) scavenger ((16-21 centuries)), from scavager “tax collector, someone who cleans streets” ((15-19 centuries)), from scavage “tax on goods sold” ((15-19 centuries)), from Old North French escauwage “examination”scav·enge verbChineseSyllable
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scavenge
scav‧enge /ˈskævəndʒ, ˈskævɪndʒ/
verb [intransitive and transitive]
Pigs scavenged among the rubbish.
scavenge for
rats scavenging for food
2. if someone scavenges, they search through things that other people do not want, for food or useful objects:
There are people who live in the dump and scavenge garbage for a living.
scavenge for
Women were scavenging for old furniture.
—scavenger noun [countable]:
Foxes and other scavengers go through the dustbins.
scav‧enge /ˈskævəndʒ, ˈskævɪndʒ/
verb [intransitive and transitive] Date: 1600-1700
Origin: scavenger (16-21 centuries), from scavager 'tax collector, someone who cleans streets' (15-19 centuries), from scavage 'tax on goods sold' (15-19 centuries), from Old North French escauwage 'examination'
1. if an animal scavenges, it eats anything that it can find:Origin: scavenger (16-21 centuries), from scavager 'tax collector, someone who cleans streets' (15-19 centuries), from scavage 'tax on goods sold' (15-19 centuries), from Old North French escauwage 'examination'
scavenge for
2. if someone scavenges, they search through things that other people do not want, for food or useful objects:
scavenge for
—scavenger noun [countable]: