英语单词

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hunt

英[hʌnt] |美[hʌnt]
    vt.& vi.打猎;猎取
    vt.打猎;追捕,猎杀;在…处狩猎;搜索
    vi.追逐猎物;寻找;前后摆动;积极地寻找
    n.打猎;狩猎旅行;参加狩猎旅行的人
日语:ハント 法语:chasse 德语:Jagd 韩语:사냥 俄语:caza

牛津词典

verb

  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. (英国)猎狐运动
    (in Britain) to chase and kill foxes as a sport, riding horses and using dogs

    noun

    1. 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
    2. 打猎
      an act of chasing wild animals to kill or capture them
      1. a tiger hunt
        猎虎
    3. (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
    4. (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。


    词形变化

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



    中文词源

    hunt 打猎,追踪

    来自古英语huntian,打猎,猎捕,来自Proto-Germanic*huntona,猎捕,捕获,来自PIE*kend,抓住,抓捕,词源同hint.



    双语例句

    1. According to police accounts, Mr and Mrs Hunt were found dead on the floor of their kitchen.
      据警方称,亨特夫妇被发现死在家里厨房的地板上。
    2. Hunt added his congratulations, saying 'Nigel has made a cracking job of it'.
      亨特在致完贺词后又补了一句:“奈杰尔干得棒极了。”
    3. The hunt for her killer will continue, with police aided by the army and air force.
      警方将在陆军和空军的帮助下,继续追踪谋杀她的凶手。
    4. Hunt wanted to know, would I be prepared to take over the whole operation and supervise it? At first I demurred
      亨特想要知道我是否有准备接手整个行动并对其进行监督。刚开始我表示反对。
    5. A forensic team was hunting for clues
      法医小组正在寻找线索。
    6. 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。
    7. 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。
    8. Detectives have been hunting him for seven months
      侦探7个月来一直在追捕他。
    9. Her irate husband was hunting him with a gun.
      她暴怒的丈夫正拿着一把枪追杀他。
    10. As a child I learned to hunt and fish
      从小我就学会了打猎和捕鱼。
    11. 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。
    12. 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。
    13. She liked to hunt as often as she could.
      她喜欢一有时间就去猎狐。
    14. 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。
    15. It took her four months to hunt him down.
      她花了4个月才把他找出来。
    16. I'll try and hunt out the information you need
      我会努力找到你要的信息。
    17. The basis for training relies on the dog's natural instinct to hunt and retrieve
      训练是基于狗搜寻和衔回的天生本能。
    18. The ANC claimed the curfew gave licence to the police to hunt people as if they were animals
      非国大声称宵禁使得警察肆无忌惮地把人们当动物来抓捕。
    19. 'How can that be?' asked Hunt, irritated by the obscurity of Henry's reply
      “怎么会那样呢?”亨特问道,亨利含糊费解的回答让他恼火。
    20. Parent birds began to hunt for food for their young.
      亲鸟开始为幼鸟寻找食物。
    21. Marsha Hunt's second novel, 'Free', is a shocker.
      玛莎·亨特的第二部小说《自由》是一部恐怖小说。
    22. Steve Vickers was yellow-carded for a foul on Hunt.
      史蒂夫·维克斯因对亨特犯规被出示黄牌。
    23. After a long hunt for him, we saw him emerging from the crowd.
      我们找了他半天之后,看见他从人群里出来了。
    24. His job in the hunt is to whip the dogs in when they scatter.
      他在狩猎中的事就是当狗跑散时用鞭子把他们赶在一起。
    25. If you come to Beijing again, remember to hunt me out.
      如果你再到北京来,别忘了来找我。
    26. It's illegal to hunt and kill rare animals.
      猎杀珍奇动物是违法的。
    27. Lions have an instinct to hunt.
      狮子有猎食的本能。
    28. 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。
    29. I had a good hunt for that book.
      那本书我找了好一阵子。


    语源

    Old English huntian, of Germanic origin. The sense in change-ringing dates from the late 17th cent., and is probably based on the idea of the bells pursuing one another; it gave rise to the sense oscillate about a desired speed (late 19th cent.)


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