graze
Word family noungrazergraziergrazingverbgraze
graze1 /ɡreɪz/ ●○○ verb 1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] if an animal grazes, or if you graze it, it eats grass that is growing 〔动物〕吃草;使啃食牧草graze on Groups of cattle were grazing on the rich grass. 牛群在肥美的青草地上吃草。
fields where they used to graze their sheep 他们过去放羊的田野
2 [transitiveT]MICUT to accidentally break the surface of your skin by rubbing it against something 擦伤 I fell on the gravel, severely grazing my knee. 我摔倒在砾石路上,膝盖擦伤得很严重。
3 [transitiveT]TOUCH to touch something lightly while passing it, sometimes damaging it 擦过,掠过 A bullet grazed his arm. 一颗子弹擦过他的手臂。
4. [intransitiveI] informalEAT to eat small amounts of food all through the day instead of having regular meals 整天吃零食〔而不吃正餐〕 graze2 noun [countableC] MICUTa wound caused by rubbing that slightly breaks the surface of your skin 〔皮肤的〕擦伤 Adam walked away from the crash with just a graze on his left shoulder. 亚当在车祸中平安脱险,只是擦伤了左肩。
► see thesaurus at injury graze• He was back on Monday, with a graze on one cheek and perky as a parrot.• You may need to watch him at first, so that you can clean and dress any grazes or cuts immediately.• One of the children, five-year-old Stewart Weir, escaped with a bullet graze to the leg.• It was a deep graze, but nothing more.• Flux can be mildly irritating so avoid getting it into cuts or grazes.• Their cattle would not be allowed to drink from it, or graze by it.• There was a raw graze across one cheekbone.• The graze along his cheekbone somehow managed to emphasise the tough, assured air he wore so easily. Origin graze1 Old English grasian, from
græs;
→ GRASS