Scavenger

['skævɪn(d)ʒə] or ['skævɪndʒɚ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter.

(noun.) a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impurities.

手打:特雷弗--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v.) A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health.

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解釋/意思:

n. one who cleans the streets: an animal which feeds on carrion: a child employed to pick up loose cotton from the floor in a cotton-mill.—ns. Scav′agery street-cleansing; Scav′aging.—v.t. Scav′enge to cleanse.—ns. Scav′enger-bee′tle a beetle which acts as a scavenger; Scav′enger-crab any crab which feeds on decaying animal matter; Scav′engering; Scav′engerism; Scav′engery.—Scavenger's daughter an instrument of torture by pressure with an iron hoop invented by Sir W. Skevington Lieutenant of the Tower under Henry VIII.

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