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  1. Oxford American Dictionary

    scavenge

    • IPA[ˈskavənj]

    美式

    • v.
      search for and collect (anything usable) from discarded waste；(of an animal) search for (carrion) as food.

    • verb: scavenge, 3rd person present: scavenges, gerund or present participle: scavenging, past tense: scavenged, past participle: scavenged

    • 釋義

    動詞

    • 1. search for and collect (anything usable) from discarded waste people sell junk scavenged from the garbage the city dump where the squatters scavenge to survive
    • ▪ (of an animal) search for (carrion) as food.
    • ▪ search for discarded items or food in (a place) the mink is still commonly seen scavenging the beaches of California
    • ▪ remove (combustion products) from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine on the return stroke of the piston.
    • ▪ combine with and remove (molecules, groups, etc.) from a particular medium chlorine molecules can scavenge ozone at a very fast rate