scavenger

英 [ˈskævɪndʒə(r)]

美 [ˈskævɪndʒər]

n.  食腐肉的兽(或鸟); 捡破烂的人; 拾荒者

复数：scavengers　

TOEFLTEM8计算机

BNC.21795 / COCA.15319

牛津词典

noun

• 食腐肉的兽（或鸟）；捡破烂的人；拾荒者
  an animal, a bird or a person that scavenges

柯林斯词典

• VERB 捡破烂;拾荒;(从废弃物中)觅食，寻找
  If people or animalsscavenge forthings, they collect them by searching among waste or unwanted objects.
  1. Many are orphans, their parents killed as they scavenged for food...
     很多人是孤儿，他们的父母在垃圾中找吃的时丢了性命。
  2. Children scavenge through garbage...
     孩子们翻捡垃圾。
  3. The foxes come and scavenge the bones...
     狐狸过来寻觅骨头。
  4. Cruz had to scavenge information from newspapers and journals.
     克鲁兹不得不从报纸和杂志中搜寻信息。

英英释义

noun

• any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
• someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
  Synonym:magpiepack rat
• a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impurities

双语例句

• Yong Bang& formaldehyde scavenger is based on the plant removal of formaldehyde in the successful development of the natural principles of green environmental protection product.
  永邦&甲醛清除剂是根据该植物清除甲醛的自然原理研制成功的绿色环保产品。
• However, uric acid is an important part of the human detoxification system, acting as a so-called "scavenger" of free radicals, which cause neurological disorders, brain diseases and tumors.
  但尿酸同时还是人体解毒系统的重要成分，像清洁工一样清除体内的自由基，这些自由基可以引发神经系统障碍、大脑疾病，甚至肿瘤。
• But getting rid of excessive reactive oxygen or a limited effect of some sort of scavenger might be a good idea.
  但清除过多的活性氧或某种清除剂的有限影响可能是个好主意。
• Chlorine dioxide can serves as sterilization disinfectant, antiseptic, water quality scavenger and highly effective bleaching agent, etc.
  二氧化氯可以作为杀菌消毒剂、除臭防霉剂、水质净化剂和高效漂白剂等。
• Abstuct: Edaravone is a new free radical scavenger, which can protect the cells by interrupting lipin peroxidation caused by transferring a electron to free radicals.
  依达拉奉是一种新型自由基清除剂，通过转移一个电子给自由基以打断脂质过氧化反应链来保护神经细胞。
• Study of the Expression of Scavenger Receptor Class B Type ⅰ and Renin Angiotensin System in Atherosclerotic Rats
  动脉粥样硬化大鼠B族Ⅰ型清道夫受体与肾素-血管紧张素系统的表达变化
• Glutathione peroxidase ( GSH-Px) acts as a free radical scavenger.
  谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶是生物机体内的自由基清除剂。
• Loss of receptor-mediated lipid uptake via scavenger receptor A or CD36 pathways does not ameliorate atherosclerosis in hyperlipidemic mice.
  高脂血症小鼠模型中经清道夫受体A或者CD36途径来减少受体介导的脂质吸收过程并不能改善动脉粥样硬化症。
• We had a scavenger hunt at the party.
  在聚会上，我们还玩了寻宝游戏。
• Furthermore, we provide evidence that the CD36 scavenger receptor and downstream kinases are involved in SYN-mediated microglial activation.
  此外，CD36受体和下游的激酶参与SYN介导的小神经胶质的活化。