graze
英 [gre?z]
美[ɡrez]
- vt. 放牧；擦傷
- vi. 吃草；擦傷
- n. 放牧；輕擦
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中文詞源
graze 放牧
來(lái)自grass, 草。字母s,z 音變。
英英釋意
- 1. a superficial abrasion
- 2. the act of grazing
英文詞源
- graze
- graze: [OE] There is no difficulty about the etymology of graze ‘feed on grass’: it was formed in Old English times as a derivative of the noun gr?s (modern English grass). But what about graze in the sense ‘scrape lightly’, first recorded in the 17th century? In the absence of any convincing alternative candidates, it is usually taken to be simply a special use of graze ‘feed on grass’, in the sense ‘remove grass close to the ground’, as some animals do in grazing – like a ‘close shave’, in fact.
=> grass - graze (v.1)
- "to feed on grass," Old English grasian, from gr?s "grass" (see grass). Compare Middle Dutch, Middle High German grasen, Dutch grazen, German grasen. Transitive sense from 1560s. Figurative use by 1570s. Related: Grazed; grazing.
- graze (v.2)
- "to touch lightly in passing," c. 1600, perhaps a transferred sense from graze (v.1) via a notion of cropping grass right down to the ground (compare German grasen "to feed on grass," used in military sense in reference to cannonballs that rebound off the ground). Related: Grazed; grazing. As a noun from 1690s, "an act of grazing."
同義詞辨析
nourish, feed, graze
這些動(dòng)詞均含"提供所需食物，喂養(yǎng)"之意。
nourish： 指提供生長(zhǎng)、健康或維持生存所必需的食物或養(yǎng)料，尤指用營(yíng)養(yǎng)品促進(jìn)生長(zhǎng)。
feed： 普通用詞，含義廣泛。既可指給人或動(dòng)物提供食物，又可指給植物以養(yǎng)料或?yàn)闄C(jī)器等加燃料等。
graze： 側(cè)重指用正在生長(zhǎng)的青草喂養(yǎng)牲畜。
考試真題
- Families graze on high-cholesterol take-aways and microwaved readymeals.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- Families graze on high-cholesterol take-aways and microwaved ready-meals.
2016年6月六級(jí)真題（第二套）閱讀 Section C
- Reading magazines like The Stockman Grass Farmer and Graze, he got hooked on the idea of grass-fed agriculture.
2019年12月六級(jí)真題（第三套）閱讀 Section B
- Robots are currently under a two-year trial in Wales which will train "farmbots" to herd, monitor the health of livestock, and make sure there is enough pasture for them to graze on.
2018年12月六級(jí)真題（第三套）閱讀 Section C
實(shí)用場(chǎng)景例句
- Adam walked away from the crash with just cuts and grazes .
- 亞當(dāng)在撞車事故中平安脫險(xiǎn)，只受了點(diǎn)劃傷和擦傷。
牛津詞典
- The bullet grazed his cheek.
- 子彈從他的臉頰擦過(guò)。
牛津詞典
- I fell and grazed my knee.
- 我摔了一跤擦傷了膝蓋。
牛津詞典
- The land is used by local people to graze their animals.
- 這塊地當(dāng)?shù)厝擞脕?lái)放牧。
牛津詞典
- The field had been grazed by sheep.
- 這塊地羊已經(jīng)啃過(guò)了。
牛津詞典
- Parents have been warned against allowing children to graze on snacks (= to keep eating them, instead of real meals) .
- 家長(zhǎng)得到忠告不要讓孩子亂吃零食。
牛津詞典
- There were cows grazing beside the river.
- 有些牛在河邊吃草。
牛津詞典
- Wright managed a shot but it grazed the near post and rolled harmlessly across the goal.
- 賴特勉強(qiáng)起腳射門，但是球擦著近門柱有驚無(wú)險(xiǎn)地偏出了球門。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- A bullet had grazed his arm...
- 一顆子彈擦過(guò)他的手臂。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- I had grazed my knees a little.
- 我的膝蓋擦破了一點(diǎn)皮。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- The hills have been grazed by sheep because they were too steep to be ploughed...
- 這幾座山過(guò)于陡峭，不適于耕種，所以就用來(lái)牧羊了。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- Five cows graze serenely around a massive oak...
- 5頭奶牛在一棵大橡樹(shù)旁悠閑自在地啃著青草。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- Instead of harvesting wheat at a loss, they plan to graze cattle on their fields.
- 他們不再去虧本種小麥了, 而是打算在自己田里牧牛.
期刊摘選
- When we skip breakfast, especially in the teenage years, then kids tend to snack and graze.
- 我們十多歲的時(shí)候不吃早飯, 于是就邊吃零食邊放牧.
期刊摘選
- We used to graze on the fields where the com is now.
- 過(guò)去我們經(jīng)常在現(xiàn)在種著糧食的田里放牧.
期刊摘選
- The sheep usually graze in the grass land.
- 羊通常在草地吃草.
辭典例句
- In that day your cattle will graze in broad meadows.
- 到那時(shí)你的牲畜,必在寬闊的草場(chǎng)吃草.
期刊摘選
- " Keep my three camels, sir , and take the whole lot outside the pass to graze. "
- “ 老者,留下我的三匹, 湊成一把兒到口外去 放青.
漢英文學(xué) - 駱駝祥子
- His knee stung from the graze.
- 他的膝蓋擦傷后十分疼痛.
辭典例句
- We graze cattle on our fields.
- 我們?cè)谧约禾锢锬僚?
辭典例句
- We can't graze the cattle till summer.
- 不到夏天我們不能放牧.
期刊摘選
- She helps her mother to put the cattle out to graze every day.
- 她每天都要幫媽媽放青.
期刊摘選
- Nothing serious. Just a graze.
- 沒(méi)關(guān)系, 就破了一點(diǎn)皮.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- A bullet from one of the pistols had graze his hip.
- 有一枝手槍里發(fā)出的一顆子彈擦傷了他的臀部.
辭典例句
- Man enjoys agreement as cows will graze all the same way on side of a hill.
- 人類喜歡彼此統(tǒng)一,就像牛群會(huì)以同樣的方式在山坡上吃草一樣.
期刊摘選
- We will graze the field.
- 我們將在這塊地上放牧.
期刊摘選