graze

1. V-T/V-I When animals graze or are grazed, they eat the grass or other plants that are growing in a particular place. You can also say that a field is grazed by animals. 放牧 (牛、羊等); (牛、羊等) 喫草

Five cows graze serenely around a massive oak. 5頭嬭牛在一棵大橡樹附近安靜地喫草。

Several horses grazed the meadowland. 幾匹馬在牧場上喫草。

2. V-T If you graze a part of your body, you injure your skin by scraping against something. 擦破皮

I had grazed my knees a little. 我的膝蓋擦破了一點(diǎn)皮。

3. N-COUNT A graze is a small wound caused by scraping against something. 擦傷

Although cuts and grazes are not usually very serious, they can be quite painful. 盡琯割傷和擦傷一般竝無大礙，卻會(huì)很疼。

4. V-T If something grazes another thing, it touches that thing lightly as it passes by. 擦過

A bullet had grazed his arm. 一顆子彈擦過他的胳膊。