forage

飼料、まぐさ

特に牛や馬などの家畜が食べる草や、その他の餌。

やさしい英語で： Plants or other food eaten by farm animals, especially cows and horses.

• The cattle need more forage.
• Farmers grow forage crops for winter feeding.
• Poor forage quality can affect the horses’ health.

類義語： fodder, feed

よく使う表現： forage crop, fresh forage, forage quality

食料探し

食べ物を見つけるために探すことや出かけること。

やさしい英語で： A trip or search to find food.

• We went on a forage for berries.
• Their morning forage brought them enough mushrooms for dinner.
• The birds returned from a successful forage.

類義語： food search, foraging trip

よく使う表現： a forage, forage for food

食料を探す、餌を探す

周辺で食べ物を探して集める。家畜の餌を探す場合もある。

やさしい英語で： To search an area for food and collect it, sometimes for farm animals.

• The birds forage for food.
• We foraged for mushrooms in the woods.
• The villagers foraged for hay to feed their horses.

使い方： forage for something (They forage for berries in the woods.); forage in something (The animals forage in the forest.)

類義語： gather, search for food

よく使う表現： forage for food, forage for something, forage in something

食料を略奪する

特に軍隊を養うために、地域の食料や物資を奪う。

やさしい英語で： To take food and supplies from an area, especially to support an army.

• The soldiers foraged for supplies.
• The army foraged the countryside during its advance.
• Troops had foraged nearby farms before reaching the town.

使い方： forage for something (The troops foraged for supplies in nearby villages.)

類義語： plunder, raid

よく使う表現： forage for supplies, forage the countryside