[VERB 动词]搜寻;寻找 If you hunt for something or someone, you try to find them by searching carefully or thoroughly.
[V for n]
[Also V]
A forensic team was hunting for clues...
法医小组正在寻找线索。
Some new arrivals lose hope even before they start hunting for a job...
有些新来的人甚至还没开始找工作就感到绝望了。
Chryssa hunted for Patra, and found her busy at a corner of the site.
克丽莎到处寻找帕特拉,最后发现她在现场的一个角落里忙活着。
Hunt is also a noun.
The couple had helped in the hunt for the toddlers.
这对夫妇曾帮着搜寻那些幼童。
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[VERB 动词]追踪,追捕(罪犯、敌人等) If you hunt a criminal or an enemy, you search for them in order to catch or harm them.
[V n]
[Also V for n]
Detectives have been hunting him for seven months...
侦探7个月来一直在追捕他。
Her irate husband was hunting him with a gun.
她暴怒的丈夫正拿着一把枪追杀他。
Hunt is also a noun.
Despite a nationwide hunt for the kidnap gang, not a trace of them was found.
尽管已经在全国范围内追捕该绑架团伙,却没有发现他们的任何蛛丝马迹。
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[VERB 动词](人)打猎,猎杀;(动物)猎食 When people or animals hunt, they chase and kill wild animals for food or as a sport.
[V]
[V n]
[Also V for n]
As a child I learned to hunt and fish...
从小我就学会了打猎和捕鱼。
A leopard hunts alone, and an injured leopard cannot hunt...
豹向来单独猎食,所以如果受伤了就无法捕猎。
He got up at four and set out on foot to hunt black grouse.
他4点钟起了床,徒步出发去猎杀黑琴鸡。
Hunt is also a noun.
He set off for a nineteen-day moose hunt in Nova Scotia.
他动身前往新斯科舍参加为时19天的驼鹿捕猎活动。
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[VERB 动词](在英国骑马带狗进行)猎狐 In Britain, when people hunt, they ride horses over fields with dogs called hounds and try to catch and kill foxes, as a sport.
[V]
[Also V n]
She liked to hunt as often as she could.
她喜欢一有时间就去猎狐。
Hunt is also a noun.
The hunt was held on land owned by the Duke of Marlborough.
猎狐活动在马尔伯勒公爵的庄园举行。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](英国的)猎狐队伍 In Britain, a hunt is a group of people who meet regularly to hunt foxes.
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[PHRASE 短语](参赛队或参赛者)仍有机会赢取 If a team or competitor is in the hunt for something, they still have a chance of winning it.
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We're still in the hunt for the League title and we want to go all the way in the Cup.
我们仍有机会获得联赛冠军,而且我们还想一路杀进足总杯决赛。
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See also:
hunting
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witch-hunt
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相关词组:
hunt down
hunt out
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hunt★/hʌnt; NAmEhʌnt/
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hunthuntshuntedhuntingverb★1★[intransitive , transitive ]to chase wild animals or birds in order to catch or kill them for food, sport or to make money 打猎;猎取;猎杀◆Lions sometimes hunt alone.狮子有时单独猎食。huntsth ◆Whales are still being hunted and killed in the Arctic.北冰洋的鲸类仍然遭到猎杀。2★[intransitive ]to look for sth that is difficult to find 搜寻;搜索SYN
search
◆I've hunted everywhere but I can't find it.我到处都搜遍了,就是找不到它。huntfor sth ◆She is still hunting for a new job.她还在找新工作。3★[transitive , intransitive ]to look for sb in order to catch them or harm them 追踪;追捕huntsb ◆Police are hunting an escaped criminal.警察正在追捕一名逃犯。huntfor sb ◆Detectives are hunting for thieves who broke into a warehouse yesterday.侦探正在追踪昨天侵入仓库的窃贼。4[intransitive , transitive ]hunt(sth) (in Britain) to chase and kill foxesas a sport, riding horses and using dogs. Fox-huntingwith dogs has been illegal in the UK since 2005. (英国)猎狐(作为运动,自 2005 年起用狗猎狐是违法的)PHRASAL VERBSˌhunt sb↔ˈdownto search for sb until you catch or find them, especially in order to punish or harm them 追捕,缉捕(某人)ˌhunt sth↔ˈdown/ˈoutto search for sth until you find it 搜寻,寻找(某物)noun1[countable , usually singular ]hunt(for sb/sth) an act of looking for sb/sth that is difficult to find 搜寻;搜索;寻找◆The hunt is onfor a suitable candidate. 正在物色合适的人选。◆Hundreds have joined a police hunt for the missing teenager.已有几百人和警方一同搜寻那名失踪的少年。◆( BrE) a murder hunt(= to find the person who has killed sb)追捕杀人犯☞see also
treasure hunt
,
witch-hunt
2[countable ]( often in compounds 常构成复合词) an act of chasing wild animals to kill or capture them 打猎◆a tiger hunt猎虎3[countable ](in Britain) an event at which people ride horses and hunt foxeswith dogs as a sport, illegal in the UK since 2005 (英国)猎狐(作为运动,自 2005 年起用狗猎狐是违法的)◆There will be a hunt on Boxing Day.节礼日将有猎狐活动。◆a hunt meeting猎狐大会4[countable + singular or plural verb ](in Britain) a group of people who regularly hunt foxesas a sport (英国经常举行猎狐运动的)猎狐队伍◆There are several different hunts in the area.这个地区有几支不同的猎狐队。IDIOMbe in the ˈhuntto have a chance of winning 有机会(赢)◆The team are back in the hunt for the league title.这支队伍又有机会赢得联赛冠军了。hunt/hʌnt; NAmEhʌnt/
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hunt1 verb
hunt2 noun
hunthunt1 /hʌnt/ ●●●W3 verb
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1[intransitive, transitive] to chase animals and birds in order to kill or catch them: the slopes where I hunted deer as a kid Wolves tend to hunt in packs (=hunt in groups).2[intransitive] to look for someone or something very carefullySYN searchhunt for The kids were hunting for shells on the beach. Detectives are busy hunting for clues.► see thesaurus at
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3[intransitive, transitive] to search for and try to catch a criminal or someone who is your enemy: The police are still hunting the killer.hunt for The FBI were called in to hunt for the spy.4[intransitive, transitive] British English to hunt foxes as a sport, riding on horses and using dogshunt down phrasal verbto search for a person or animal until you catch them, especially in order to punish or kill them: The government agency was created to hunt down war criminals.hunt out phrasal verb1to search for someone or something in order to catch, kill, or destroy them: The plane was on a mission to hunt out enemy submarines.2to search for and find something that you need or want, but that is difficult to find: In the school library, he hunted out books on politics.
hunt1 verb
hunt2 noun
hunthunt2 ●●○ noun [countable]
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1an occasion when people chase animals in order to kill or catch themlion/rhino/stag etc hunt2[usually singular] a search for someone or something that is difficult to findhunt for the hunt for the missing childthe hunt is on (=used to say that people have started looking for someone or something)murder hunt (=a search for a person who has killed someone)have a hunt around for something British English informal (=look for something) I’ll have a hunt around for it in my desk. →
treasure hunt
, witch-hunt
3a sporting event in Britain in which people ride on horses and hunt foxes using dogs4in Britain, a group of people who regularly hunt foxes together
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