1. 搜寻;寻找
    If you hunt for something or someone, you try to find them by searching carefully or thoroughly.

    e.g. A forensic team was hunting for clues...
           法医小组正在寻找线索。
    e.g. Some new arrivals lose hope even before they start hunting for a job...
           有些新来的人甚至还没开始找工作就感到绝望了。

2. 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.

    e.g. Detectives have been hunting him for seven months...
           侦探7个月来一直在追捕他。
    e.g. Her irate husband was hunting him with a gun.
           她暴怒的丈夫正拿着一把枪追杀他。

3. （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.

hunt

    e.g. As a child I learned to hunt and fish...
           从小我就学会了打猎和捕鱼。
    e.g. A leopard hunts alone, and an injured leopard cannot hunt...
           豹向来单独猎食，所以如果受伤了就无法捕猎。

4. （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.

hunt的意思

    e.g. She liked to hunt as often as she could.
           她喜欢一有时间就去猎狐。

5. （英国的）猎狐队伍
    In Britain, a hunt is a group of people who meet regularly to hunt foxes.

6. （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.

    e.g. We're still in the hunt for the League title and we want to go all the way in the Cup.
           我们仍有机会获得联赛冠军，而且我们还想一路杀进足总杯决赛。

7. see also: hunting;witch-hunt

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