scavenge

FREQ #41406 ★☆☆☆☆

vt. 打扫, 排除废气, 在...中找有用之物, 以...为食, 清除 vi. 清扫

发音

US
UK /ˈskæv.ɪndʒ/

词形变化

scavenged scavenges 三单 scavenges scavenging scavenging 现在分词 scavenged 过去式 scavenged 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material.

    拾荒

    捡垃圾

    及物

    We scavenged a couple of old beer cans for our art project.

    They had to scavenge the forest for firewood.

  2. 2.

    To remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To feed on carrion or refuse.

    不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

clean salvage

上位词 10

take give pull clean feed remove collect gather withdraw garner

相关短语

scavenge pump scavenge pumps

词源

Back-formation from scavenger.

来源：wiktionary