hunt
- IPA[hʌnt]
英式
- pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food；pursue (a wild animal, especially a fox or deer) on horseback using hounds
- 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
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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
- ▪ British pursue (a wild animal, especially a fox or deer) on horseback using hounds an old dog fox who had been hunted many times before he used to hunt
- ▪ British use (a hound or a horse) for hunting he hunted his hounds every day
- ▪ (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
- ▪ search for and capture someone the killers will be hunted down 同義詞
- 3. technical (of a device or system) oscillate about 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 about a mean flight path.
- 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 about a desired speed, position, or state.
- being pursued or searched for: they ran like hunted hares
Oxford American Dictionary
- being pursued or searched for: they ran like hunted hares
Oxford Dictionary
- an act of hunting wild snipe: a dog is helpful on a snipe hunt, especially for retrieving
Oxford Dictionary
- an act of hunting wild snipe: a dog is helpful on a snipe hunt, especially for retrieving
Oxford American Dictionary
- an instance or period of seeking employment: she was not having any luck with her job hunt
- seek employment: he was given advice on job-hunting
Oxford Dictionary
- hunt game stealthily; stalk: they still-hunt for white-tailed deer my own hunting style combines still-hunting and staying still
- a stealthy hunt for game.
Oxford Dictionary
- a search for treasure.
Oxford American Dictionary
- a search for and subsequent persecution of a supposed witch.
Oxford American Dictionary
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美式
- pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food: in the autumn they hunted deer they hunted and fished
- an act of hunting wild animals or game: a bear-hunt
Oxford American Dictionary
