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An animal that feeds on dead animals it finds, or on garbage, rather than hunting live prey — vultures, hyenas, and rats are all scavengers. It also describes a person who searches through waste, abandoned places, or leftovers to find useful things. A 'scavenger hunt' is a game where players search for a list of hidden items.
（動物）食腐動物；（人）拾荒者；scavenger hunt（尋寶遊戲）
組成Probably from an old English word for someone whose job was to clean the streets and remove rubbish; not fully certain beyond that.
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
scavengernoun/ˈskæv.ən.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
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Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.
- garbage scavenger
- A scavenger picked through the rubbish heap.
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An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion.
- Vultures are natural scavengers.
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obsoleteA street sweeper.
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historicalA child employed to pick up loose cotton from the floor in a cotton mill.
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chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesA substance used to remove impurities from the air or from a solution.
scavengerverb/ˈskæv.ən.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
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archaicTo scavenge.
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archaicTo clean the rubbish from a street, etc.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。