scavenger

英 [ˈskævɪndʒə(r)]

美 [ˈskævɪndʒər]

n.  食腐肉的兽(或鸟); 捡破烂的人; 拾荒者

复数：scavengers　

TOEFLTEM8计算机

BNC.21795 / COCA.15319

牛津词典

noun

• 食腐肉的兽（或鸟）；捡破烂的人；拾荒者
  an animal, a bird or a person that scavenges

柯林斯词典

• VERB 捡破烂;拾荒;(从废弃物中)觅食，寻找
  If people or animalsscavenge forthings, they collect them by searching among waste or unwanted objects.
  1. Many are orphans, their parents killed as they scavenged for food...
     很多人是孤儿，他们的父母在垃圾中找吃的时丢了性命。
  2. Children scavenge through garbage...
     孩子们翻捡垃圾。
  3. The foxes come and scavenge the bones...
     狐狸过来寻觅骨头。
  4. Cruz had to scavenge information from newspapers and journals.
     克鲁兹不得不从报纸和杂志中搜寻信息。

英英释义

noun

• any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
• someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
  Synonym:magpiepack rat
• a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impurities

双语例句

• He struck at one with his knife lashed to the end of an oar and watched the scavenger sliding down into deep water.
  他用绑在桨的一头的刀子击中了其中的一条，并看着这条食腐动物滑到深海里去了。
• Formaldehyde scavenger Green environmental protection, harmful solvents are free such as dimethyl benzene, methanal ect.
  绿色环保，不含二甲苯、甲醛等有害溶剂。
• Cerebral Infarction Acute Phase Treatment of Oxygen Free Radical Scavenger Effect and Risk Analysis
  脑梗死急性期氧自由基清除剂治疗的疗效及风险分析
• He is not a scavenger nor just a moving appetite as some sharks are.
  它不是食腐动物，也不像有些鲨鱼那样，只知道游来游去满足食欲。
• But getting rid of excessive reactive oxygen or a limited effect of some sort of scavenger might be a good idea.
  但清除过多的活性氧或某种清除剂的有限影响可能是个好主意。
• You're a blight, a stain, a scavenger.
  你是不良分子，社会的污点，是食腐动物。
• Study on synthesis of new free-formaldehyde scavenger and scavenge performance
  新型甲醛捕获剂的合成及其捕获性能研究
• Objective: the use of improved lung protection in vivo rabbit model of oxygen free radical scavenger edaravone on in vivo lung protective role and its possible mechanism.
  目的：利用改良兔在体肺保护模型，探讨氧自由基清除剂依达拉奉对在体肺保护的作用及可能机制。
• We had a scavenger hunt at the party.
  在聚会上，我们还玩了寻宝游戏。
• Online scavenger hunts are easy to create and the resulting interactive searches are both fun and informative for students.
  在网上进行拾荒式搜索容易在交互式活动中产生和获得结果，对学生来说既有趣又能增加见闻。