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scavenger/ˈskævin(d)ʒə/n. 1 a person who seeks and collects discarded items 拾荒者 2 an animal feeding on carrion, refuse, etc. 食腐动物 3 Brit. archaic a person employed to clean the streets etc. [英古义]清道工；清扫工 □ scavengery n.[Middle English scavager from Anglo-French scawager from scawage, via Old Northern French escauwer ‘inspect’ from Flemish scauwen, related to SHOW: for -n- cf. MESSENGER] |