释义 |
foragefor‧age1 /ˈfɒrɪdʒ $ ˈfɑː-, ˈfɔː-/ verb [intransitive]  VERB TABLEforage |
Present | I, you, we, they | forage | | he, she, it | forages | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | foraged | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have foraged | | he, she, it | has foraged | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had foraged | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will forage | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have foraged |
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Present | I | am foraging | | he, she, it | is foraging | | you, we, they | are foraging | Past | I, he, she, it | was foraging | | you, we, they | were foraging | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been foraging | | he, she, it | has been foraging | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been foraging | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be foraging | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been foraging |
- Writers who need a good title have often foraged in Shakespeare or the Bible.
- A light rum and tonic in hand, he abandoned his post for the kitchen to forage for food.
- 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.
- Or send a search engine to forage for the best prices or availability across hundreds of shops simultaneously.
- Red and gray squirrels are foraging.
- The murdering sun had dipped below the horizon, and this was the time when she could forage for food.
- There was fireweed with furry yellow-and-black bumblebees foraging from it, and there were bears and caribou.
► a foraging expedition (=when you search for food)· On our foraging expedition into the woods, we found mushrooms and wild berries. NOUN► food· The murdering sun had dipped below the horizon, and this was the time when she could forage for food.· A light rum and tonic in hand, he abandoned his post for the kitchen to forage for food. 1to go around searching for food or other suppliesforage for People are being forced to forage for food and fuel. In the summer, the goats forage freely (=in any place they want to go).2to search for something with your hands in a bag, drawer etc SYN ferret aroundforage around/through/among etc She foraged around in her purse and produced her ticket.—forager noun [countable] |