early 14c. (late 13c. as Anglo-Latin foragium) "food for horses and cattle, fodder," from Old French forrage "fodder; foraging; pillaging, looting" (12c., Modern French fourrage), from fuerre "hay, straw, bed of straw; forage, fodder" (Modern French feurre), from Frankish *fodr "food" or a similar Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *fodram (source of Old High German fuotar, Old English fodor; see fodder). Meaning "a roving in search of provisions" in English is from late 15c. Military forage cap attested by 1827.
forage (v.)
early 15c., "to plunder, pillage," from forage (n.) or from Middle French fourrager. Meaning "hunt about for" is from 1768. Related: Foraged; foraging.
实用例句
1. They were forced to forage for clothing and fuel.
他们不得不去寻找衣服和燃料。
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2. Now the nutritive value of the forage is reduced.
此时牧草的营养价值也下降了.
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3. The Hodotermitidae are a semi - desert species known as forage bants.
草白蚁科常称为草料蚁,是一种半沙漠种.
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4. Cows and sheep depends forage to feed.
牛和羊依靠草料喂养.
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5. The men have been turned loose in the fields to forage like goats under the guns.
