1 VERB 搜寻;寻找 If you hunt for something or someone, you try to find them by searching carefully or thoroughly. 搜寻;寻找
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A forensic team was hunting for clues. [VERB + for]
法医小组正在寻找线索。
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Some new arrivals lose hope even before they start hunting for a job. [VERB for noun]
有些新来的人甚至还没开始找工作就感到绝望了。
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Chryssa hunted for Patra, and found her busy at a corner of the site. [VERB for noun]
克丽莎到处寻找帕特拉,最后发现她在现场的一个角落里忙活着。
2 VERB 追踪,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. 追踪,追捕(罪犯、敌人等) [Also V + for]
SYN stalk, track, chase, pursue
Hunt is also a noun.
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Despite a nationwide hunt for the kidnap gang, not a trace of them was found.
尽管已经在全国范围内追捕该绑架团伙,却没有发现他们的任何蛛丝马迹。
3 VERB (人)打猎,猎杀;(动物)猎食 When people or animals hunt, they chase and kill wild animals for food or as a sport. (人)打猎,猎杀;(动物)猎食 [Also V + for]
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As a child I learned to hunt and fish. [VERB]
从小我就学会了打猎和捕鱼。
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A leopard hunts alone, and an injured leopard cannot hunt. [VERB]
豹向来单独猎食,所以如果受伤了就无法捕猎。
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He got up at four and set out on foot to hunt black grouse. [VERB noun]
他4点钟起了床,徒步出发去猎杀黑琴鸡。
4 VERB (在英国骑马带狗进行)猎狐 In Britain, when people hunt, they ride horses over fields with dogs called hounds and try to catch and kill foxes, as a sport. (在英国骑马带狗进行)猎狐 [Also VERB n]
5 N-COUNT (英国的)猎狐队伍 In Britain, a hunt is a group of people who meet regularly to hunt foxes. (英国的)猎狐队伍
SYN search, hunting, investigation, chase
6 PHRASE (参赛队或参赛者)仍有机会赢取 If a team or competitor is in the hunt for something, they still have a chance of winning it. (参赛队或参赛者)仍有机会赢取
7 See also: hunting witch-hunt
Phrasal verbs: - hunt downhunt out
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