1 to run after wild animals, etc in order to catch or kill them either for sport or for food 猎取;猎杀:
Owls hunt at night.猫头鹰在夜间猎食。Are tigers still hunted in India?印度是不是仍然有人捕猎老虎?
We often use the expression go hunting when we are talking about people spending time hunting. 打猎消闲叫go hunting。
2hunt (for) (sb/sth) to try to find sb/sth 搜寻;缉捕 ·
The police are still hunting the murderer.警方仍在缉捕那个谋杀犯。
hunt²
/hʌnt ||; hʌnt/noun[C]
1 the act of hunting wild animals, etc 打猎:
a fox-hunt猎狐行动
2 [usu.sing] a hunt (for sb/sth) the act of looking for sb/sth that is difficult to find 搜寻;搜索:
The police have launched a hunt for the missing child.警方四处搜寻那个失踪的小孩。
hunt/hʌnt; hʌnt/v [I,T]1 to chase wild animals in order to catch or kill them 追猎﹐猎杀〔动物〕: These dogs have been trained to hunt. 这些狗受过追猎训练。They hunt rabbits and other wild animals. 他们猎杀兔子和其他野生动物。2 to look for someone or something very carefully [ search ] 搜寻﹐寻找﹔搜捕: The police are still hunting the killer. 警方仍在追捕凶手。+for Detectives are busy hunting for clues. 侦探们忙于搜寻线索。see box at见 LOOK1 方框 —hunt n [C] The hunt for the missing child continues today. 寻找失踪儿童的工作今天继续进行。hunt sb/sth down phr v to search for a person or animal until you catch them, especially in order to punish or kill them〔尤指为了惩罚或杀死而〕追捕: These murderers will be hunted down and brought to justice. 这些谋杀犯将被追捕并绳之以法。
hunthunthuntshuntedhuntingverb (hunts, hunting, hunted)to chase animals to kill them as a sport or for food: Young lions have to learn to hunt.speakingWhen you talk about people spending time hunting as a sport, you say go hunting: • They went hunting in the forest.hunt for somethingto try to find something: I've hunted everywhere for my watch but I can't find it.▶ huntnoun: a fox hunta hunt for the missing child▶ huntingnoun (no plural) the activity of chasing and killing animals