scavenger英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.

— garbage scavenger
An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion.

— Vultures are natural scavengers.
A street sweeper. Ireland,UK,obsolete
A child employed to pick up loose cotton from the floor in a cotton mill. Ireland,UK,historical
A substance used to remove impurities from the air or from a solution.

动词 v.

To scavenge. archaic
To clean the rubbish from a street, etc. archaic

词形变化

scavengers plural skavenger alternative scavengers present,singular,third-person scavengering participle,present scavengered participle,past scavengered past skavenger alternative

词汇关系

衍生词

bioscavenger scaffy scavenger beetle scavenger crab scavenger hunt scavengerism scavengerous scavenger sale scavenger's daughter scavengership water scavenger beetle white scavenger vulture unscavengered

词源

词源 1

Originally from Middle English scavager, from Anglo-Norman scawageour (“one who had to do with scavage, inspector, tax collector”), from Old Northern French *scawage, escauwage (“scavage”), Old French *scavage, escavage, alteration of escauvinghe (compare Medieval Latin scewinga, sceawinga), from Old Dutch scauwōn (“to inspect, to examinate, to look at”). Usually reinterpreted/re-analysed today as scavenge (which was originally a backformation from this word) + -er. Compare Old English sċēawung (“a showing, spectacle, examination, inspection, toll on exposure of goods”) and Dutch schouwing (“inspection”). More at show.

词源 2

Originally from Middle English scavager, from Anglo-Norman scawageour (“one who had to do with scavage, inspector, tax collector”), from Old Northern French *scawage, escauwage (“scavage”), Old French *scavage, escavage, alteration of escauvinghe (compare Medieval Latin scewinga, sceawinga), from Old Dutch scauwōn (“to inspect, to examinate, to look at”). Usually reinterpreted/re-analysed today as scavenge (which was originally a backformation from this word) + -er. Compare Old English sċēawung (“a showing, spectacle, examination, inspection, toll on exposure of goods”) and Dutch schouwing (“inspection”). More at show.