graze

verb

1. （在草地上）吃青草
   to eat grass that is growing in a field
   1. There were cows grazing beside the river.
      有些牛在河边吃草。
   2. Parents have been warned against allowing children to graze on snacks (= to keep eating them, instead of real meals) .
      家长得到忠告不要让孩子乱吃零食。
   3. The field had been grazed by sheep.
      这块地羊已经啃过了。
2. 放牧；放牛；放羊
   to put cows, sheep, etc. in a field so that they can eat the grass there
   1. The land is used by local people to graze their animals.
      这块地当地人用来放牧。
3. 擦伤，擦破（皮肤）
   to break the surface of your skin by rubbing it against sth rough
   1. I fell and grazed my knee.
      我摔了一跤擦伤了膝盖。
4. （经过时）轻擦，轻触，蹭
   to touch sth lightly while passing it
   1. The bullet grazed his cheek.
      子弹从他的脸颊擦过。

noun

1. （表皮）擦伤
   a small injury where the surface of the skin has been slightly broken by rubbing against sth
   1. Adam walked away from the crash with just cuts and grazes .
      亚当在撞车事故中平安脱险，只受了点划伤和擦伤。

1. V-ERG （动物）吃青草；放牛；放羊；放牧
   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.
   1. Five cows graze serenely around a massive oak...
      5头奶牛在一棵大橡树旁悠闲自在地啃着青草。
   2. The hills have been grazed by sheep because they were too steep to be ploughed...
      这几座山过于陡峭，不适于耕种，所以就用来牧羊了。
   3. Several horses grazed the meadowland.
      几匹马在牧场吃草。
   4. ...a large herd of grazing animals.
      一大群正在吃草的动物
2. VERB 擦伤（身体部位）
   If you graze a part of your body, you injure your skin by scraping against something.
   1. I had grazed my knees a little.
      我的膝盖擦破了一点皮。
3. 擦伤
   A graze is a small wound caused by scraping against something.
4. VERB 轻擦；轻触；蹭
   If something grazes another thing, it touches that thing lightly as it passes by.
   1. A bullet had grazed his arm...
      一颗子弹擦过他的手臂。
   2. Wright managed a shot but it grazed the near post and rolled harmlessly across the goal.
      赖特勉强起脚射门，但是球擦着近门柱有惊无险地偏出了球门。

1. The hills have been grazed by sheep because they were too steep to be ploughed
   这几座山过于陡峭，不适于耕种，所以就用来牧羊了。
2. Several horses grazed the meadowland.
   几匹马在牧场吃草。
3. I had grazed my knees a little.
   我的膝盖擦破了一点皮。
4. A bullet had grazed his arm
   一颗子弹擦过他的手臂。
5. Wright managed a shot but it grazed the near post and rolled harmlessly across the goal.
   赖特勉强起脚射门，但是球擦着近门柱有惊无险地偏出了球门。
6. There is good grassland here for your cattle and horses to graze on.
   这里有很好的草地供你们放牧牛马。
7. Nothing serious. Just a graze.
   没关系，就破了一点皮。
8. She has a severe graze on her elbow.
   她的肘部有严重的擦伤。
9. The cows like to graze in the valley below.
   母牛喜欢在下面的山谷中吃草。
10. Her pair of pet lambs come to graze in the shade of our garden trees.
    她心爱的一对小羊，到我园树的荫下吃草。
11. Some nomads were leaving earlier than usual from the summer pastures so their sheep could graze lower down.
    一些游牧者比往常更早地离开了夏季牧场，好让羊群到南边吃草。
12. We can't graze our herd on a hundred acres.
    我们不能在100英亩上放牧马群。
13. Animals graze on the plant life and we eat meat from the animals and drink their milk.
    动物以植物为食，我们吃动物的肉，喝它们的奶。
14. I have a nasty graze on my elbow.
    我的肘部严重擦伤。
15. What you mean is rotation grazing, not allowing animals to graze on rotated pasture. Right?
    您说的是轮牧，轮流放牧的意思。对吧？
16. I shall graze the bottom field.
    我将利用低洼地放牧。
17. You can graze your sheep on the field on the other side of the stream.
    你可以在小溪对面的牧草地上放牧。
18. So now Fat Katie became Harry's wife and drove both the goats out to graze.
    这样，胖子凯迪亚成了海利的妻子，赶着两只山羊去放牧。
19. Herders take their cattle, goats, sheep, and yaks to graze on its slopes.
    放牧人赶者他们的牛、羊、羊、牛在雪山山坡上吃草。
20. We can't graze the cattle till summer.
    不到夏天我们不能放牧。
21. A bullet from one of the pistols had graze his hip.
    有一枝手枪里发出的一颗子弹擦伤了他的臀部。
22. The sheep usually graze in the grass land.
    羊通常在草地吃草。
23. Why should cattle not graze near yew trees?
    为什么牛不在紫杉附近吃草？
24. To use ( land) as pasture. I shall graze the bottom field.
    把（土地）用作牧场我将利用低洼地放牧。
25. In that day your cattle will graze in broad meadows.
    到那时，你的牲畜必在宽阔的草场吃草。
26. After a lean few weeks, featuring Arab turmoil and inflation, emerging-market bulls can graze once more.
    经过以阿拉伯动乱和通胀为特征的贫瘠的几周后，看好新兴市场的牛们又可以大口吃草了。
27. You should graze your flock on this side.
    你应放牧你的羊群到河的这岸。
28. On Sundays he had earned the right to graze in the pasture and rest.
    到星期天，它就有权在牧场上啃头草根休息休息了。
29. We will graze the field.
    我们将在这块地上放牧。

  browse graze 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。

  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。

  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。

noun

1. the act of grazing

   Synonym:    grazing

2. a superficial abrasion

verb

1. eat lightly, try different dishes
   1. There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing

   Synonym:    browse

2. scrape gently
   1. graze the skin

   Synonym:    creaserake

3. feed as in a meadow or pasture
   1. the herd was grazing

   Synonym:    cropbrowserangepasture

4. let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

   Synonym:    croppasture

5. break the skin (of a body part) by scraping
   1. She was grazed by the stray bullet