scavenge

/ˈskævɪndʒ/📚 18365 1GREgmat
If people or animals scavenge for things, they collect them by searching among waste or unwanted objects. (在垃圾或废物中) 捡拾

verb [vt. 及物动词]vt. 以……为食;打扫;排除废气

Many are orphans, their parents killed as they scavenged for food.
很多人是孤儿,他们的父母在垃圾中捡食物时丢了性命。

verb [vi. 不及物动词]vi. 清除污物;打扫

Teenagers scavenge among the heaps of thrown-away trash.
青少年在成堆的丢弃垃圾中搜寻。

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Some fish scavenge on dead fish in the wild. 在大自然中,有的鱼以死鱼为食。
No squirrels are known to hunt vertebrates, or even scavenge meat. 没有发现有松鼠猎取脊椎动物,或者以肉为食。
...scavengers such as rats. …老鼠之类的食腐动物。