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 -- 狩猎，捕猎

  • Some animals hunt at night. 有些动物在夜间猎食。

  • When lion cubs are young, the mother stays with them while the father hunts for food. 幼狮小的时候，母狮守在幼狮身旁，而雄狮去觅食。

  • Jack and Charlie like to hunt/go hunting (= chase and kill animals for sport) at weekends. 杰克和查理周末喜欢去打猎。

  • Cats like to hunt mice and birds. 猫喜欢捕食老鼠和鸟类。

  • Elephants used to be hunted for the ivory from their tusks. 过去人们常常为了得到象牙而捕猎大象。

• 1 to try to find something or someone -- 搜寻，寻找

  • I've hunted all over the place, but I can't find that book. 我把这个地方找了个遍，也没有找到那本书。

  • They are still hunting for the missing child. 他们仍在搜寻那个失踪的孩子。

  • I've hunted high and low (= looked everywhere) for my gloves. 我已经四处找过我的手套。

  • Police are hunting the terrorists who planted the bomb. 警方正在搜捕安放炸弹的恐怖分子。

  • I'll try and hunt out (= find) those old photographs for you. 我会尽力为你找到那些老照片。

  • They have spent months house-/job-hunting (= looking for a house/a job). 他们已经花了数月时间找房子／工作。

• 2 a search for something or someone -- 搜寻，寻找

  • After a long hunt we finally found a house we liked. 经过长时间的寻找，我们终于找到了一所中意的房子。

  • The hunt for the injured climber continued throughout the night. 对那名受伤登山者的搜寻持续了一整夜。

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

  • The hunt is on (= the search has started) for the Mayor's successor. 已经开始物色市长的接班人了。

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

  • to go on a fox/deer hunt 去猎狐／鹿

  • They are members of the local hunt. 他们是当地狩猎队的成员。