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

• Loss of receptor-mediated lipid uptake via scavenger receptor A or CD36 pathways does not ameliorate atherosclerosis in hyperlipidemic mice.
  高脂血症小鼠模型中经清道夫受体A或者CD36途径来减少受体介导的脂质吸收过程并不能改善动脉粥样硬化症。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• Choose from Story Mode or Scavenger Mode to amass a fortune in booty!
  选择从故事模式或清道夫模式，以积聚财富在战利品！
• Chlorine dioxide can serves as sterilization disinfectant, antiseptic, water quality scavenger and highly effective bleaching agent, etc.
  二氧化氯可以作为杀菌消毒剂、除臭防霉剂、水质净化剂和高效漂白剂等。
• Relation of endotoxic hepatic injury with expression of scavenger receptor A in liver tissue during severe acute cholangitis
  肝组织清道夫受体A在急性重症胆管炎时的表达与内毒素性肝损伤的关系
• Study of the Expression of Scavenger Receptor Class B Type ⅰ and Renin Angiotensin System in Atherosclerotic Rats
  动脉粥样硬化大鼠B族Ⅰ型清道夫受体与肾素-血管紧张素系统的表达变化
• We had a scavenger hunt at the party.
  在聚会上，我们还玩了寻宝游戏。
• 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。