scavenge
柯林斯词典
1. V-T/V-I If people or animals scavenge for things, they collect them by searching among waste or unwanted objects. (在垃圾或廢物中) 撿拾
Many are orphans, their parents killed as they scavenged for food. 很多人是孤兒，他們的父母在垃圾中撿食物時丟了性命。
Children scavenge through rubbish. 孩子們在垃圾中撿破爛。
2. scavengerN-COUNT 撿破爛的人; 食腐動物
...scavengers such as rats. …老鼠之類的食腐動物。
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scavenge /ˈskævɪndʒ/ (scavenging,scavenged,scavenges)
剑桥词典
- to look for or get food or other objects in other people's rubbish
（從廢棄物中）覔食；撿破爛
The flood has left people and animals desperately scavenging for food . 因遭受水災，村民和牲畜四処尋覔食物。
We managed to scavenge a lot of furniture from the dump . 我們從儅地的垃圾堆裡撿到了許多家具。
If a wild animal scavenges, it feeds on the flesh of dead decaying animals .
（野生動物）以腐肉爲食 返回 scavenge