hunt /hʌnt/ CET4 TEM4 ( hunting, hunted, hunts )

• 1. 

  V-I If you hunt for something or someone, you try to find them by searching carefully or thoroughly. 搜寻

  例：

  A forensic team was hunting for clues.

  法医小组正在搜寻线索。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Hunt is also a noun. 搜寻

  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。

• 3. 

  V-T If you hunt a criminal or an enemy, you search for them in order to catch or harm them. 追捕 (罪犯、敌人等)

  例：

  Detectives have been hunting him for seven months.

  7个月来警探们一直在追捕他。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT Hunt is also a noun. 追捕

  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。

• 5. 

  V-T/V-I When people or animals hunt, or hunt something, they chase and kill wild animals for food or as a sport. 猎杀 (野生动物); 打猎

  例：

  As a child I learned to hunt and fish.

  我孩提时代就学会了打猎和捕鱼。

• 6. 

  N-COUNT Hunt is also a noun. 打猎

  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。

• 7. 

  PHRASE If a team or competitor is in the hunt for something, they still have a chance of winning it. (参赛队或竞争者) 有机会获得

  例：

  Six teams were still in the hunt for the team title.

  6支队伍仍然有机会获得团体冠军。