graze
英 /ɡreɪz/ 美 /ɡreɪz/
- v. 吃草；放牧to eat growing grass, or let animals feed on it
- v. 擦伤；擦过to scrape skin slightly or touch something while passing
- n. 擦伤a small injury where skin has been scraped off
Sheep graze quietly beside the river every summer morning.
每个夏日清晨，羊群都在河边安静地吃草。
Allowing cattle to graze too intensively can damage vegetation and increase the risk of soil erosion.
让牛群过度放牧会破坏植被，并增加水土流失的风险。
搭配
graze on grass 吃草graze cattle 放牛graze your knee 擦伤膝盖
辨析提示
动物吃草可说graze on grass；graze cattle指放牛。
词族
grazing (n.)
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