hunt
- IPA[hənt]
美式
- pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food；(of an animal) chase and kill (its prey)
- an act of hunting wild animals or game；an association of people who meet regularly to hunt, especially with hounds.
verb: hunt, 3rd person present: hunts, gerund or present participle: hunting, past tense: hunted, past participle: hunted
noun: hunt, plural noun: hunts
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food in the autumn they hunted deer they hunted and fished 同義詞
- ▪ (of an animal) chase and kill (its prey) mice are hunted by weasels and foxes lionesses hunt in groups
- 2. search determinedly for someone or something he desperately hunted for a new job 同義詞
- ▪ (of the police) search for (a criminal) the gang is being hunted by police police are hunting for her attacker
- ▪ pursue and capture someone the killers will be hunted down 同義詞
- 3. technical (of a device or system) oscillate around a desired speed, position, or state on weak stereo signals this circuit can hunt over mono and stereo in a very disconcerting manner
- ▪ (of an aircraft or rocket) oscillate around a mean flight path.
- ▪ (of an automatic transmission in a motor vehicle) keep shifting between gears because of improperly designed shift logic.
- 4. (in change-ringing) move the place of a bell in a simple progression.
名詞
- 1. an act of hunting wild animals or game a bear-hunt 同義詞
- ▪ an association of people who meet regularly to hunt, especially with hounds.
- ▪ an area where hunting takes place.
- 2. a search police launched a hunt for the killer 同義詞
- 3. an oscillating motion around a desired speed, position, or state.
