新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

hunt

英 [hʌnt]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

hunts
1. [C 可数名词] 搜寻
A hunt for something or someone is when you try to find them by searching carefully or thoroughly.
近义词
search
双语例句
例：
The couple had helped in the hunt for the toddlers.
这对夫妇曾帮着寻找那些蹒跚学步的孩子。
2. [C 可数名词] 追捕（罪犯、敌人）
A hunt for a criminal or an enemy is a search for them in order to catch or harm them.
双语例句
例：
Despite a nationwide hunt for the kidnap gang, not a trace of them was found.
尽管已对这帮绑架团伙实行了全国范围的大搜捕，但丝毫没有发现他们的蛛丝马迹。
3. [C 可数名词] 打猎
A hunt is when people or animals chase and sometimes kill wild animals for food or as a sport.
双语例句
例：
He set off for a nineteen-day moose hunt in Nova Scotia.
他开始了在新斯科舍为期19天的猎驼鹿行程。

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

hunt down
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 追捕到（罪犯或敌人）
If you hunt down a criminal or an enemy, you find them after searching for them.
双语例句
例：
Last December they hunted down and killed one of the gangsters.
去年12月他们追捕到其中一名歹徒并将其击毙。

PHRASE. 习语

in the hunt
1. （参赛队或竞争者）有机会获得
If a team or competitor is in the hunt for something, they still have a chance of winning it.
双语例句
例：
Six teams were still in the hunt for the team title.
六支队伍仍然有机会获得团体冠军。

VERB. 动词

hunts , hunting , hunted
1. [I 不及物动词] 搜寻
If you hunt for something or someone, you try to find them by searching carefully or thoroughly.
近义词
search
双语例句
例：
A forensic team was hunting for clues.
法医小组正在搜寻线索。
2. [T 及物动词] 追捕（罪犯、敌人等）
If you hunt a criminal or an enemy, you search for them in order to catch or harm them.
双语例句
例：
Detectives have been hunting him for seven months.
七个月来警探们一直在追捕他。
3. [I 不及物动词] 猎杀（野生动物） , 打猎
When people or animals hunt, or hunt something, they chase and sometimes kill wild animals for food or as a sport.
双语例句
例：
As a child I learned to hunt and fish.
我孩提时代就学会了打猎和捕鱼。

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