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。