"scavenge" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 搜尋殘餘
• 撿拾

Definition

尋找和收集別人丟棄或遺留下來的東西，通常是為了食物或有用的材料。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

常用於描述動物（如禿鷹）覓食，也指人在困境中尋找剩餘物。可指字面或比喻意義。語氣較正式。

Examples

Vultures scavenge for food in the wild.

禿鷹在野外**搜尋殘餘**食物。

Sometimes, people scavenge in the trash for things they can use.

有時人們會在垃圾中**撿拾**可用的東西。

The dog started to scavenge when he couldn't find his food.

狗找不到食物時就開始**搜尋殘餘**。

We had to scavenge for firewood after the storm knocked down the trees.

風暴過後我們不得不**撿拾**柴火。

He managed to scavenge some old bike parts to fix his own.

他設法**撿拾**了一些舊自行車零件來修理自己的車。

You can sometimes scavenge great furniture from items left out on the street.

有時你可以在街上丟棄的東西中**撿拾**到很棒的傢俱。