graze

英 [ɡreɪz]

美 [ɡreɪz]

v.  (在草地上)吃青草; 放牧; 放牛; 放羊; 擦伤，擦破(皮肤)
n.  (表皮)擦伤

现在分词：grazing　过去分词：grazed　过去式：grazed　第三人称单数：grazes　复数：grazes　

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.7059 / COCA.7524

同义词辨析

browsegrazepasture【导航词义：吃草】

牛津词典

verb

• （在草地上）吃青草
  to eat grass that is growing in a field
  1. There were cows grazing beside the river.
     有些牛在河边吃草。
  2. Parents have been warned against allowing children to graze on snacks (= to keep eating them, instead of real meals) .
     家长得到忠告不要让孩子乱吃零食。
  3. The field had been grazed by sheep.
     这块地羊已经啃过了。
• 放牧；放牛；放羊
  to put cows, sheep, etc. in a field so that they can eat the grass there
  1. The land is used by local people to graze their animals.
     这块地当地人用来放牧。
• 擦伤，擦破（皮肤）
  to break the surface of your skin by rubbing it against sth rough
  1. I fell and grazed my knee.
     我摔了一跤擦伤了膝盖。
• （经过时）轻擦，轻触，蹭
  to touch sth lightly while passing it
  1. The bullet grazed his cheek.
     子弹从他的脸颊擦过。

noun

• （表皮）擦伤
  a small injury where the surface of the skin has been slightly broken by rubbing against sth
  1. Adam walked away from the crash with just cuts and grazes .
     亚当在撞车事故中平安脱险，只受了点划伤和擦伤。

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （动物）吃青草；放牛；放羊；放牧
  When animalsgrazeorare grazed, they eat the grass or other plants that are growing in a particular place. You can also say that a fieldis grazedby animals.
  1. Five cows graze serenely around a massive oak...
     5头奶牛在一棵大橡树旁悠闲自在地啃着青草。
  2. The hills have been grazed by sheep because they were too steep to be ploughed...
     这几座山过于陡峭，不适于耕种，所以就用来牧羊了。
  3. Several horses grazed the meadowland.
     几匹马在牧场吃草。
  4. ...a large herd of grazing animals.
     一大群正在吃草的动物
• VERB 擦伤（身体部位）
  If yougrazea part of your body, you injure your skin by scraping against something.
  1. I had grazed my knees a little.
     我的膝盖擦破了一点皮。
• 擦伤
  Agrazeis a small wound caused by scraping against something.
• VERB 轻擦；轻触；蹭
  If somethinggrazesanother thing, it touches that thing lightly as it passes by.
  1. A bullet had grazed his arm...
     一颗子弹擦过他的手臂。
  2. Wright managed a shot but it grazed the near post and rolled harmlessly across the goal.
     赖特勉强起脚射门，但是球擦着近门柱有惊无险地偏出了球门。

英英释义

noun

• the act of grazing
  Synonym:grazing
• a superficial abrasion

verb

• eat lightly, try different dishes
  1. There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing
  Synonym:browse
• scrape gently
  1. graze the skin
  Synonym:creaserake
• feed as in a meadow or pasture
  1. the herd was grazing
  Synonym:cropbrowserangepasture
• let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
  Synonym:croppasture
• break the skin (of a body part) by scraping
  1. She was grazed by the stray bullet

双语例句

• The cows like to graze in the valley below.
  母牛喜欢在下面的山谷中吃草。
• To use ( land) as pasture. I shall graze the bottom field.
  把（土地）用作牧场我将利用低洼地放牧。
• On Sundays he had earned the right to graze in the pasture and rest.
  到星期天，它就有权在牧场上啃头草根休息休息了。
• Animals graze on the plant life and we eat meat from the animals and drink their milk.
  动物以植物为食，我们吃动物的肉，喝它们的奶。
• What you mean is rotation grazing, not allowing animals to graze on rotated pasture. Right?
  您说的是轮牧，轮流放牧的意思。对吧？
• Several horses grazed the meadowland.
  几匹马在牧场吃草。
• There is good grassland here for your cattle and horses to graze on.
  这里有很好的草地供你们放牧牛马。
• Her pair of pet lambs come to graze in the shade of our garden trees.
  她心爱的一对小羊，到我园树的荫下吃草。
• She has a severe graze on her elbow.
  她的肘部有严重的擦伤。
• A bullet from one of the pistols had graze his hip.
  有一枝手枪里发出的一颗子弹擦伤了他的臀部。