graze

单词辨析:

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。

〔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。

相关例句:

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。

I have a nasty graze on my elbow.

我的肘部严重擦伤。

Why should cattle not graze near yew trees?

为什么牛不在紫杉附近吃草?

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。

We can't graze the cattle till summer.

不到夏天我们不能放牧。

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。