graze
verb- [intransitive, transitive]
(of cows, sheep, etc. 牛、羊等 to eat grass that is growing in a field （在草地上）吃青草 There were cows grazing beside the river. 有些牛在河邊吃青草。 - graze on something
The horses were grazing on the lush grass. 馬群正在啃食茂盛的青草。 - graze something
The field had been grazed by sheep. 這塊地羊已經啃過了。
Extra ExamplesTopics Farmingc2, Animalsc2Sheep were grazing peacefully in the fields. 綿羊在田野裏安靜地吃着草。 The cattle were turned out to graze. 牛都趕出去吃草了。 lambs grazing on the rough moorland pasture 在崎岖不平的高沼地牧場吃草的小羊
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- contentedly
- peacefully
- quietly
- …
- allow something to
- turn something out to
- on
- upon
- [transitive] graze something
to put cows, sheep, etc. in a field so that they can eat the grass there 放牧；放牛；放羊 Collocations FarmingFarming 農場經營 Growing food and raising animals 種植糧食和飼養動物 - plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
植樹；播種；種莊稼；種植葡萄樹；種大麥 - grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit
種植／生産玉米／小麥／大米／水果 - plough/(North American English) plow land/a field
耕地；犁田 - sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields
播種／收獲谷粒／農作物／莊稼 - spread manure/fertilizer on something
給…施撒糞肥／肥料 - cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land
耕作／灌溉／澆灌／污染莊稼／植物／田地／土地 - damage/destroy/lose your crop
損害／毀壞／損失農作物 - ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes
催熟／采摘水果／漿果／葡萄 - press/dry/ferment grapes
壓榨／晾幹／發酵葡萄 - grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat
磨／打谷物／玉米／小麥 - raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs
飼養雞／家禽／牛／豬 - raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep
飼養／喂養／放養家畜／牛／羊 - kill/slaughter livestock
屠宰家畜 - preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat
防腐保存／熏／加工貯藏／用鹽腌制肉
Modern farming 現代農場經營 - run a fish farm/an organic dairy farm
- engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming
從事集約型（生豬／漁業）養殖 - use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides
使用（化學／有機）肥料／殺蟲劑 - begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops
開始／進行轉基因作物的田間試驗 - grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods
種植／研發轉基因作物／種子／植物／糧食 - fund/invest in genetic engineering/research
資助／投資基因工程／研究 - improve/increase crop yields
提高／增加糧食産量 - face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages
面臨／遭受／緩解食物短缺 - label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)
給含有轉基因生物的食品貼標簽 - eliminate/reduce farm subsidies
取消／減少農業補貼 - oppose/be against factory farming/GM food
反對工廠化養殖／轉基因食品 - promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming
促進／鼓勵／支持有機／可持續農耕
- plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
- [intransitive] graze (on something) (informal)
to eat small amounts of food many times during the day, often while doing other things, instead of eating three meals 吃零食（代替正餐） - [transitive] graze something (on something)
to break the surface of your skin by rubbing it against something rough 擦傷，擦破（皮膚） Collocations InjuriesInjuries 身體損傷 Being injured 受傷 - have a fall/an injury
跌了一跤；受傷 - receive/suffer/sustain a serious injury/a hairline fracture/(especially British English) whiplash/a gunshot wound
受重傷／輕微骨裂／鞭傷／槍傷 - hurt/injure your ankle/back/leg
傷到腳踝／背／大腿 - damage the brain/an ankle ligament/your liver/the optic nerve/the skin
損傷大腦／腳踝韌帶／肝髒／視神經／皮膚 - pull/strain/tear a hamstring/ligament/muscle/tendon
拉傷腘繩肌腱／韌帶／肌肉／肌腱 - sprain/twist your ankle/wrist
扭傷腳踝／手腕 - break a bone/your collarbone/your leg/three ribs
骨折；鎖骨／大腿／三根肋骨骨折 - fracture/crack your skull
頭蓋骨破裂 - break/chip/knock out/lose a tooth
碰斷了一顆牙；使牙齒崩缺了一塊；磕掉／掉了一顆牙 - burst/perforate your eardrum
使耳膜破裂；鼓膜穿孔 - dislocate your finger/hip/jaw/shoulder
使手指／臀部／下巴／肩膀脫臼 - bruise/cut/graze your arm/knee/shoulder
擦傷／割破／擦破手臂／膝蓋／肩膀 - burn/scald yourself/your tongue
燒傷／燙傷自己／舌頭 - bang/bump/hit/ (informal) bash your elbow/head/knee (on/against something)
（在某物上）撞到肘部／頭／膝蓋
Treating injuries 治療傷病 - treat somebody for burns/a head injury/a stab wound
給某人治療燒傷／頭部傷／刺傷 - examine/clean/dress/bandage/treat a bullet wound
檢查／清洗／包紮／用繃帶包紮／治療槍傷 - repair a damaged/torn ligament/tendon/cartilage
修複損傷的／拉傷的韌帶／肌腱／軟骨 - amputate/cut off an arm/a finger/a foot/a leg/a limb
截去一只胳膊／一根手指／一只腳／一條腿；截肢 - put on/ (formal) apply/take off (especially North American English) a Band-Aid™/(British English) a plaster/a bandage
貼上／使用／撕掉創可貼；纏上／使用／解掉繃帶 - need/require/put in/ (especially British English) have (out)/ (North American English) get (out) stitches
需要縫針；縫針；拆線 - put on/rub on/ (formal) apply cream/ointment/lotion
塗抹護膚霜／藥膏／護膚液 - have/receive/undergo (British English) physiotherapy/(North American English) physical therapy
接受物理療法
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessc2He fell and grazed his knees on a rock 他摔倒在岩石上，蹭傷了膝蓋。 She had grazed her elbow quite badly. 她的肘部擦傷得很嚴重。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- just
- only
- …
- on
- have a fall/an injury
- [transitive] graze something
to touch something lightly while passing it （經過時）輕擦，輕觸，蹭
Word Originverb senses 1 to 2 Old English grasian, from græs ‘grass’. verb senses 3 to 4 late 16th cent.: perhaps a specific use of graze ‘eat grass in a field’.