[font color="#FF4500"]forage[/font]
音标:
/'fɒrɪdʒ/
英文释义:
①When animals forage, they search for food.【v.(动物)觅食】
②If someone forages for something, they search for it in a busy way.【v.搜查;搜寻】
③Forage is crops that are grown as food for cattle and horses.【n.饲料;草料】
例句:
①The cat forages for food.
猫在寻找食物。
②They were forced to forage for clothing and fuel.
他们不得不去寻找衣服和燃料。
③This is the amount of forage needed to feed one cow and its calf.
喂养一头母牛和小牛犊所需要的饲料
拓展:
从以上两个例句可以看出它的搭配通常是“for”
《经济学人》一篇关于Bartleby对疫情的记录《Diary of a plague year》 也出现了这个表达:
动画片《咋们裸熊》也出现了这个表达:
The young polar bear is left to forage on his own.
[font color="#FF4500"]be packed/crammed (in) like sardines[/font]
[font color="#FF4500"]像沙丁鱼般紧紧挤在一起;拥挤不堪[/font]
英英释义:
If you say that a crowd of people are packed like sardines, you are emphasizing that they are sitting or standing so close together that they cannot move easily.
例句:
①The refugees were packed like sardines .
难民们像罐头里的沙丁鱼般紧紧挤在一起。
②Packed in like sardines , they would make an easy target for a snake.
它们挤得像沙丁鱼,使得它们很容易成为蛇类觊觎的目标。