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pasture【导航词义:吃草】
browse v. 吃(草)
〔辨析〕指牛、羊、鹿等吃草或高处的植物绿叶。
〔例证〕
The sheep are browsing on the hillside.
羊群正在山坡上吃草。
The camels browsed on the trees.
骆驼吃树的枝叶。
graze v. 放牧;(牛、羊等)吃青草
〔辨析〕既可指使牲畜啃食牧草,也可指动物吃草。
〔例证〕
They decided to graze cattle in their fields.
他们决定在自己田里牧牛。
The sheep were turned out to graze.
羊被放出去吃草。
The vast area not far away is the fields on which they used to graze.
不远处那片广阔的田地就是他们曾经放牧的地方。
pasture v. 放牧;(牛、马等)吃(草)
〔辨析〕主要指放牧牛、马等家畜,也可指牛、羊等吃草。
〔例证〕
Several boys planned to pasture their cattle together.
几个小男孩计划一起去放牛。
The cows are put out to pasture.
这些奶牛被放出去吃草。
scan
browse
skim【导航词义:浏览】
scan v. 浏览
〔辨析〕又作 scan through, 指粗略地扫视报刊文章等,以便了解主要内容,含较强的目的性。
〔例证〕
He scanned through the newspapers and found nothing special.
他快速翻阅报纸,没有发现什么特别的新闻。
She scanned the list of names to see if hers was on it.
她粗略地看了一下名单,想知道是否有她的名字。
browse v. 浏览
〔辨析〕指随意浏览书刊、计算机、因特网等,目的在于寻找有趣的信息或挑选中意的物品,常后接介词 through。
〔例证〕
Buy a magazine or browse in the gift shop.
买本杂志或逛一下礼品商店。
He likes to browse through old books on Sundays in old book stores.
他喜欢星期天在旧书店翻阅旧书。
The public can browse through the City Council's home page for the latest information.
公众可以浏览市政会的网页,以获取最新信息。
This feature allows you to browse your hard drive.
这一功能让你可以浏览硬盘驱动器。
skim v. 浏览,略读
〔辨析〕指快速阅读以找出要点或主要信息,常后接介词 through/over。
〔例证〕
You can skim through the catalogue first.
你可以先略读一下目录。
The student skimmed through the test paper.
那个学生快速阅读了考卷。
Don't read the document word for word, just skim it.
不要逐字细读文件,大致看一下就可以了。