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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   snipe hunt

   • n.
     an act of hunting wild snipe；a practical joke in which an unwitting victim is sent in pursuit of something that doesn't exist

   • noun: snipe hunt, plural noun: snipe hunts

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. an act of hunting wild snipe a dog is helpful on a snipe hunt, especially for retrieving
   • 2. US a practical joke in which an unwitting victim is sent in pursuit of something that doesn't exist one or two gullible youths are selected to participate in the notorious snipe hunt
   • ▪ a foolish or hopeless search for or pursuit of something unattainable; a wild goose chase case after case, I end up wading my way through some time-consuming snipe hunt