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| 1 | I/T to kill animals for food or for their skin or other parts, or for sport 打猎；射杀（猎物） |
| Crocodiles were hunted and killed for their teeth. 人们为了获取鳄鱼牙齿而捕杀鳄鱼。 |
| +for We hunted for rabbits in the hills. 我们在山里面猎兔。 |
| | 1a | to catch and eat other animals. Animals that do this are predators and the animals they catch and eat are their prey （动物）猎食，捕食 | | Wild dogs usually hunt in packs. 野狗通常成群猎食。 | |
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| 2 | I/T to try to find someone or something 追捕；搜寻 |
| Police are still hunting the killer. 警方仍在追捕凶手。 |
| +for Detectives have been hunting for clues to the murderer’ s identity. 侦探一直在搜寻有关谋杀犯身份的线索。 |
| | 2a | I to try to find something you want or have lost 搜索；寻找 | | +for He began by hunting around for information. 他从四处搜索信息着手。 | | +through/over/around I’ ve hunted all over the house for my keys. 为找钥匙我已经把整个房子都翻遍了。 | |
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| - | ˌhunt ˈdown |
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| 1 | to try to find every member of a group 搜寻，搜捕（团体的所有成员） | Those who protested were hunted down and killed. 所有参加抗议的人全部被捕并被杀害了。 | |
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| 2 | to try to find a particular thing or person 找到；追寻 | They’ ll actually hunt down old books for you. 他们实际上会帮你找旧书。 | |
| - | ˌhunt ˈout |
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| 1 | to look for and kill a type of animal until there are no more or very few left 捕猎并杀绝 |
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| 2 | to look for members of a particular group in order to arrest or kill them （为逮捕或杀死而）搜寻（全部人员） | Most of the rebels were hunted out and killed. 大部分的反叛者都被逮捕并被杀死了。 | |
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| 3 | to search very hard for something 努力寻找 | August is a good time to hunt out bargains. 8月是搜罗便宜货的好时机。 | |
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