新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

graze

英  [greɪz]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • grazes

    1[C 可数名词] 擦伤

    A graze is a small wound caused by scraping against something.

    双语例句

    例:

    Although cuts and grazes are not usually very serious, they can be quite painful.

    尽管割伤和擦伤一般并无大碍,却会很疼。

    VERB. 动词
  • grazes , grazing , grazed

    1[I 不及物动词] 放牧(牛、羊等) , (牛、羊等)吃草

    When animals graze or are grazed, they eat the grass or other plants that are growing in a particular place. You can also say that a field is grazed by animals.

    双语例句

    例:

    Five cows graze serenely around a massive oak.

    五头奶牛在一棵大橡树附近安静地吃草。

    例:

    Several horses grazed the meadowland.

    几匹马在牧场上吃草。

    2[T 及物动词] 擦破皮

    If you graze a part of your body, you injure your skin by scraping against something.

    双语例句

    例:

    I had grazed my knees a little.

    我的膝盖擦破了一点皮。

    3[T 及物动词] 擦过

    If something grazes another thing, it touches that thing lightly as it passes by.

    双语例句

    例:

    A bullet had grazed his arm.

    一颗子弹擦过他的胳膊。