- [intransitive, transitive]
(of cows, sheep, etc. 牛、羊等 to eat grass that is growing in a field （在草地上）吃青草 There were cows grazing beside the river. 有些牛在河边吃青草。 🔊🔊 - graze on something
The horses were grazing on the lush grass. 马群正在啃食茂盛的青草。 🔊🔊 - graze something
The field had been grazed by sheep. 这块地羊已经啃过了。 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesTopics Farmingc2, Animalsc2Sheep were grazing peacefully in the fields. 绵羊在田野里安静地吃着草。 The cattle were turned out to graze. 牛都赶出去吃草了。 lambs grazing on the rough moorland pasture 在崎岖不平的高沼地牧场吃草的小羊
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- contentedly
- peacefully
- quietly
- …
- allow something to
- turn something out to
- on
- upon
- [transitive] graze something
to put cows, sheep, etc. in a field so that they can eat the grass there 放牧；放牛；放羊 Collocations FarmingFarming 农场经营 Growing food and raising animals 种植粮食和饲养动物 - plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
植树；播种；种庄稼；种植葡萄树；种大麦 - grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit
种植／生产玉米／小麦／大米／水果 - plough/(North American English) plow land/a field
耕地；犁田 - sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields
播种／收获谷粒／农作物／庄稼 - spread manure/fertilizer on something
给…施撒粪肥／肥料 - cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land
耕作／灌溉／浇灌／污染庄稼／植物／田地／土地 - damage/destroy/lose your crop
损害／毁坏／损失农作物 - ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes
催熟／采摘水果／浆果／葡萄 - press/dry/ferment grapes
压榨／晾干／发酵葡萄 - grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat
磨／打谷物／玉米／小麦 - raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs
饲养鸡／家禽／牛／猪 - raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep
饲养／喂养／放养家畜／牛／羊 - kill/slaughter livestock
屠宰家畜 - preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat
防腐保存／熏／加工贮藏／用盐腌制肉
Modern farming 现代农场经营 - run a fish farm/an organic dairy farm
- engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming
从事集约型（生猪／渔业）养殖 - use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides
使用（化学／有机）肥料／杀虫剂 - begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops
开始／进行转基因作物的田间试验 - grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods
种植／研发转基因作物／种子／植物／粮食 - fund/invest in genetic engineering/research
资助／投资基因工程／研究 - improve/increase crop yields
提高／增加粮食产量 - face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages
面临／遭受／缓解食物短缺 - label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)
给含有转基因生物的食品贴标签 - eliminate/reduce farm subsidies
取消／减少农业补贴 - oppose/be against factory farming/GM food
反对工厂化养殖／转基因食品 - promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming
促进／鼓励／支持有机／可持续农耕
- plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
- [intransitive] graze (on something) (informal)
to eat small amounts of food many times during the day, often while doing other things, instead of eating three meals 吃零食（代替正餐） - [transitive] graze something (on something)
to break the surface of your skin by rubbing it against something rough 擦伤，擦破（皮肤） Collocations InjuriesInjuries 身体损伤 Being injured 受伤 - have a fall/an injury
跌了一跤；受伤 - receive/suffer/sustain a serious injury/a hairline fracture/(especially British English) whiplash/a gunshot wound
受重伤／轻微骨裂／鞭伤／枪伤 - hurt/injure your ankle/back/leg
伤到脚踝／背／大腿 - damage the brain/an ankle ligament/your liver/the optic nerve/the skin
损伤大脑／脚踝韧带／肝脏／视神经／皮肤 - pull/strain/tear a hamstring/ligament/muscle/tendon
拉伤腘绳肌腱／韧带／肌肉／肌腱 - sprain/twist your ankle/wrist
扭伤脚踝／手腕 - break a bone/your collarbone/your leg/three ribs
骨折；锁骨／大腿／三根肋骨骨折 - fracture/crack your skull
头盖骨破裂 - break/chip/knock out/lose a tooth
碰断了一颗牙；使牙齿崩缺了一块；磕掉／掉了一颗牙 - burst/perforate your eardrum
使耳膜破裂；鼓膜穿孔 - dislocate your finger/hip/jaw/shoulder
使手指／臀部／下巴／肩膀脱臼 - bruise/cut/graze your arm/knee/shoulder
擦伤／割破／擦破手臂／膝盖／肩膀 - burn/scald yourself/your tongue
烧伤／烫伤自己／舌头 - bang/bump/hit/ (informal) bash your elbow/head/knee (on/against something)
（在某物上）撞到肘部／头／膝盖
Treating injuries 治疗伤病 - treat somebody for burns/a head injury/a stab wound
给某人治疗烧伤／头部伤／刺伤 - examine/clean/dress/bandage/treat a bullet wound
检查／清洗／包扎／用绷带包扎／治疗枪伤 - repair a damaged/torn ligament/tendon/cartilage
修复损伤的／拉伤的韧带／肌腱／软骨 - amputate/cut off an arm/a finger/a foot/a leg/a limb
截去一只胳膊／一根手指／一只脚／一条腿；截肢 - put on/ (formal) apply/take off (especially North American English) a Band-Aid™/(British English) a plaster/a bandage
贴上／使用／撕掉创可贴；缠上／使用／解掉绷带 - need/require/put in/ (especially British English) have (out)/ (North American English) get (out) stitches
需要缝针；缝针；拆线 - put on/rub on/ (formal) apply cream/ointment/lotion
涂抹护肤霜／药膏／护肤液 - have/receive/undergo (British English) physiotherapy/(North American English) physical therapy
接受物理疗法
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessc2He fell and grazed his knees on a rock 他摔倒在岩石上，蹭伤了膝盖。 She had grazed her elbow quite badly. 她的肘部擦伤得很严重。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- just
- only
- …
- on
- have a fall/an injury
- [transitive] graze something
to touch something lightly while passing it （经过时）轻擦，轻触，蹭
Word Originverb senses 1 to 2 Old English grasian, from græs ‘grass’. verb senses 3 to 4 late 16th cent.: perhaps a specific use of graze ‘eat grass in a field’.