英语词汇“scavenger”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

scavengescavenge /ˈskævɪndʒ/ verb [intransitive, transitive]

ETYMOLOGYscavenge

Origin: 1600-1700 scavenger (16-21 centuries), from scavager tax collector, someone who cleans streets

VERB TABLE

scavenge

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	scavenge
	he, she, it	scavenges
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	scavenged
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have scavenged
	he, she, it	has scavenged
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had scavenged
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will scavenge
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have scavenged

Continuous Form
Present	I	am scavenging
	he, she, it	is scavenging
	you, we, they	are scavenging
Past	I, he, she, it	was scavenging
	you, we, they	were scavenging
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been scavenging
	he, she, it	has been scavenging
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been scavenging
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be scavenging
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been scavenging

1science, biology if an animal scavenges, it eats anything that it can find: scavenge (something) for something Rats were scavenging for food.2to search through things that other people do not want, for food or useful objects: scavenge (something) for something Children in the garbage dumps scavenge for glass and plastic bottles. [Origin: 1600–1700 scavenger (16–21 centuries), from scavager tax collector, someone who cleans streets]—scavenger noun [countable]