hunt

英 [hʌnt]

美 [hʌnt]

v.  打猎; 猎取; 猎杀; 搜寻; 搜索; 追踪; 追捕
n.  搜寻; 搜索; 寻找; 打猎; (英国)猎狐活动

现在分词：hunting　过去分词：hunted　过去式：hunted　复数：hunts　第三人称单数：hunts　

高考CET4CET6考研IELTSTEM8

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.4330 / COCA.3420

同义词辨析

hunthoundpoach【导航词义：猎，捕】

followhunttail【导航词义：跟随，跟踪】

seekcombhuntsearch【导航词义：寻找】

短语动词

短语用例

hunt sb↔down

• 追捕，缉捕（某人）
  to search for sb until you catch or find them, especially in order to punish or harm them
  1. Lions sometimes hunt alone.
     狮子有时单独猎食。
  2. Whales are still being hunted and killed in the Arctic.
     北冰洋的鲸类仍然遭到猎杀。

hunt sth↔down/out

• 搜寻，寻找（某物）
  to search for sth until you find it
  1. Police are hunting an escaped criminal.
     警察正在追捕一名逃犯。
  2. Detectives are hunting for thieves who broke into a warehouse yesterday.
     侦探正在追踪昨天盗窃仓库的窃贼。

牛津词典

verb

• 打猎；猎取；猎杀
  to chase wild animals or birds in order to catch or kill them for food, sport or to make money
  1. Lions sometimes hunt alone.
     狮子有时单独猎食。
  2. Whales are still being hunted and killed in the Arctic.
     北冰洋的鲸类仍然遭到猎杀。
• 搜寻；搜索
  to look for sth that is difficult to find
  1. I've hunted everywhere but I can't find it.
     我到处都搜遍了，就是找不到它。
  2. She is still hunting for a new job.
     她还在找新工作。
• 追踪；追捕
  to look for sb in order to catch them or harm them
  1. Police are hunting an escaped criminal.
     警察正在追捕一名逃犯。
  2. Detectives are hunting for thieves who broke into a warehouse yesterday.
     侦探正在追踪昨天盗窃仓库的窃贼。
• （英国）猎狐运动
  (in Britain) to chase and kill foxes as a sport, riding horses and using dogs

noun

• 搜寻；搜索；寻找
  an act of looking for sb/sth that is difficult to find
  1. The hunt is on for a suitable candidate.
     正在物色合适的人选。
  2. Hundreds have joined a police hunt for the missing teenager.
     已有几百人和警方一同搜寻一名失踪的十几岁孩子。
  3. a murder hunt (= to find the person who has killed sb)
     追捕杀人犯
• 打猎
  an act of chasing wild animals to kill or capture them
  1. a tiger hunt
     猎虎
• （英国）猎狐活动
  (in Britain) an event at which people ride horses and hunt foxes as a sport
  1. There will be a hunt on Boxing Day.
     节礼日将有猎狐活动。
  2. a hunt meeting
     猎狐大会
• （英国经常举行猎狐运动的）猎狐队伍
  (in Britain) a group of people who regularly hunt foxes as a sport
  1. There are several different hunts in the area.
     这个地区有几支不同的猎狐队。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 搜寻;寻找
  If youhunt forsomething or someone, you try to find them by searching carefully or thoroughly.
  1. A forensic team was hunting for clues...
     法医小组正在寻找线索。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. Huntis also a noun.
     
  5. The couple had helped in the hunt for the toddlers.
     这对夫妇曾帮着搜寻那些幼童。
• VERB 追踪，追捕（罪犯、敌人等）
  If youhunta criminal or an enemy, you search for them in order to catch or harm them.
  1. Detectives have been hunting him for seven months...
     侦探7个月来一直在追捕他。
  2. Her irate husband was hunting him with a gun.
     她暴怒的丈夫正拿着一把枪追杀他。
  3. Huntis also a noun.
     
  4. 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。
• VERB （人）打猎，猎杀;（动物）猎食
  When people or animalshunt, they chase and kill wild animals for food or as a sport.
  1. As a child I learned to hunt and fish...
     从小我就学会了打猎和捕鱼。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. Huntis also a noun.
     
  5. 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。
• VERB （在英国骑马带狗进行）猎狐
  In Britain, when peoplehunt, they ride horses over fields with dogs called hounds and try to catch and kill foxes, as a sport.
  1. She liked to hunt as often as she could.
     她喜欢一有时间就去猎狐。
  2. Huntis also a noun.
     
  3. 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。
• （英国的）猎狐队伍
  In Britain, ahuntis a group of people who meet regularly to hunt foxes.
• PHRASE （参赛队或参赛者）仍有机会赢取
  If a team or competitor isin the hunt forsomething, they still have a chance of winning it.
  1. 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。
• See also:huntingwitch-hunt

英英释义

noun

• the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
  Synonym:hunting
• the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
  Synonym:hunting
• the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
  Synonym:searchhunting
• an instance of searching for something
  1. the hunt for submarines
• an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
  Synonym:hunt club

verb

• pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
  1. Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland
  2. The dogs are running deer
  3. The Duke hunted in these woods
  Synonym:runhunt downtrack down
• search (an area) for prey
  1. The King used to hunt these forests
• seek, search for
  1. She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them
• oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent
  1. The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency
• pursue or chase relentlessly
  1. The hunters traced the deer into the woods
  2. the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him
  Synonym:houndtrace
• yaw back and forth about a flight path
  1. the plane's nose yawed
• chase away, with as with force
  1. They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood

双语例句

• As a child I learned to hunt and fish
  从小我就学会了打猎和捕鱼。
• Her irate husband was hunting him with a gun.
  她暴怒的丈夫正拿着一把枪追杀他。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's illegal to hunt and kill rare animals.
  猎杀珍奇动物是违法的。
• Parent birds began to hunt for food for their young.
  亲鸟开始为幼鸟寻找食物。
• I had to hunt through all my drawers looking for the old photograph.
  我不得不翻遍所有的抽屉来寻找那张旧照片。
• 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。
• It took her four months to hunt him down.
  她花了4个月才把他找出来。
• 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。