hunt是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to chase and try to catch and kill an animal or bird for food, sport, or profit -- 狩獵，打獵

  • Some animals hunt at night. 有些動物在夜間獵食。

  • When lion cubs are young, the mother stays with them while the father hunts for food. 在幼獅的小時候，母獅會守在它身旁，而雄獅去覓食。

  • Jack and Charlie like to hunt/go hunting (= chase and kill animals for sport) at weekends. 傑克和查理喜歡在週末去打獵。

  • Cats like to hunt mice and birds. 貓喜歡捕食老鼠和鳥類。

  • Elephants used to be hunted for the ivory from their tusks. 以前人們經常為了得到象牙而捕獵大象。

• 1 to try to find something or someone -- 搜尋，尋找

  • I've hunted all over the place, but I can't find that book. 我在這個地方找了好幾次，卻找也找不到那本書。

  • They are still hunting for the missing child. 他們仍在搜尋那個失蹤的孩子。

  • I've hunted high and low (= looked everywhere) for my gloves. 我已經四處找過我的手套。

  • Police are hunting the terrorists who planted the bomb. 警方正在搜捕設置炸彈的恐怖分子。

  • I'll try and hunt out (= find) those old photographs for you. 我會盡力幫你找到那些舊相片。

  • They have spent months house-/job-hunting (= looking for a house/a job). 他們已經花了幾個月時間找屋子／工作。

• 2 a search for something or someone -- 搜尋，尋找

  • After a long hunt we finally found a house we liked. 經過長時間的尋覓，我們終於找到一間喜歡的房子。

  • The hunt for the injured climber continued throughout the night. 對那位受傷登山者的搜尋持續了整整一個晚上。

  • Police are on the hunt (= searching) for the kidnappers. 警方正在搜捕綁匪。

  • The hunt is on (= the search has started) for the Mayor's successor. 已經開始物色市長的接班人了。

• 3 the activity of people chasing wild animals in order to kill them -- 狩獵，打獵

  • to go on a fox/deer hunt 去獵狐／鹿

  • They are members of the local hunt. 他們是當地狩獵隊的成員。