名詞 forage:

1. animal food for browsing or grazing
   同義詞：eatage, pasture, pasturage, grass
2. the act of searching for food and provisions
   同義詞：foraging

動(dòng)詞 forage:

1. collect or look around for (food)
   同義詞：scrounge
2. wander and feed

1. Cows and sheep depends forage to feed.
   牛和羊依靠草料喂養(yǎng)。
2. She foraged about in her handbag, but couldn't find her keys.
   她翻遍了手提包，就是找不到鑰匙。
3. There is much forage for the cattle.
   那兒有很多喂牛的飼料。
4. One group left the camp to forage for firewood.
   一些人離開營地去尋找木柴。

for.age

n.（名詞）
Food for domestic animals; fodder.
飼料：家禽、家畜的食物；飼料
The act of looking or searching for food or provisions.
尋食：尋覓食物或糧食的動(dòng)作
v.（動(dòng)詞）
for.aged,for.ag.ing,for.ag.es
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To wander in search of food or provisions.
搜索糧食：四處游蕩以尋找食物或糧食
To make a raid, as for food:
搜掠，劫掠：進(jìn)行搜掠，如食物：
例句：
soldiers foraging near an abandoned farm.
士兵們到附近一個(gè)廢棄的農(nóng)場劫掠食物

To conduct a search; rummage.
翻尋：搜尋食物；搜索
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To collect forage from; strip of food or supplies:
向…征集糧食；劫掠：從…收集食物；掠奪食物或供給：
例句：
troops who were foraging the countryside.
在鄉(xiāng)村劫掠的軍隊(duì)

Informal To obtain by foraging:
【非正式用語】 搜得：通過搜尋而獲得：
例句：
foraged a snack from the refrigerator.
從冰箱中搜出些點(diǎn)心

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French fourrage
源自 古法語 fourrage
from forrer [to forage]
源自 forrer [搜尋]
from feurre [fodder]
源自 feurre [飼料]
[of Germanic origin] * see p3-
[源于日耳曼語] *參見 p3-

【引伸】
for.ager
n.（名詞）