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| 1 | a search for someone （对某人的）追寻，查找 |
| +for A nationwide hunt has been launched for the missing child. 已经对这个失踪的孩子展开了全国范围的查找。 |
| murder hunt (=search for a killer) The detective leading the murder hunt called the crime senseless. 追捕凶手 |
| | 1a | a search for something that you have lost , need , or want （对某物的）寻找 | | +for The hunt for a cure for cancer continues. 寻找有效的癌症治疗方法的工作仍在继续进行。 | |
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| 2 | the activity of looking for and killing animals 打猎 |
| a lion hunt 猎狮 |
| | 2a | mainly in the UK, an occasion when people on horses chase foxes as a sport . The people who do this are also known as the hunt . 猎狐（人们骑马追踪狐狸，主要为英国的一种运动） | |
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