单词 | hunt |
释义 | hunt (once / 81 pages) 1vn 2vn 3v 4v To hunt is to track and kill an animal for fun or food. In Italy, they use pigs to hunt truffles. In the US, they use shotguns to hunt deer. Some humans hunt animals with a gun or a bow and arrow, and some animals hunt smaller animals — the way a wolf hunts rabbits or a cat hunts birds. You can hunt in a non-lethal way as well, like when you hunt all over your house for your lost car keys, or your little brother hunts for you during a game of hide-and-seek. The Old English root of hunt is huntian, "chase game." WORD FAMILYhunt: hunted, hunter, hunting, hunts+/hunted: huntedly/hunter: hunters/hunting: huntings USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Cakautavatava described the old days of hunting turtles in a fiberglass boat and spearing them through the shell. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Native Americans used the land to hunt buffalo by guiding them over a sandstone cliff. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) They say limited hunting allows for a controlled elimination of weak animals, while earning funds for fodder and other care for the herds. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland The Duke hunted in these woods Syn|Hypo|Hyper hunt down, run, track down run cause an animal to move fast snipe hunt or shoot snipe whalehunt for whales ambush, still-hunthunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing turtlehunt for turtles, especially as an occupation drivehunting: chase from cover into more open ground drivehunting: search for game rabbithunt rabbits fowlhunt fowl in the forest poachhunt illegally sealhunt seals ferrethunt with ferrets coursehunt with hounds foxhunthunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs jack, jacklighthunt with a jacklight hawkhunt with hawks falconhunt with falcons fowlhunt fowl forage, scroungecollect or look around for (food) grousehunt grouse rustleforage food capture, catch capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping 2v search (an area) for prey The King used to hunt these forests Syn|Hyper hunt down, run, track down pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) look, search search or seek 3n an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport Syn|Hyper hunt club club, gild, guild, lodge, order, social club, society a formal association of people with similar interests 4n the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts Syn|Hypo|Hyper hunting canned hunt a hunt for animals that have been raised on game ranches until they are mature enough to be killed for trophy collections stalk, stalking, still hunta hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush birdnestinghunting for birds' nests to get the eggs predationthe act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey deerstalkingstalking deer labor, labour, toil productive work (especially physical work done for wages) 5n the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper hunting battue a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter beaglinghunting rabbits with beagles coursinghunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent deer hunt, deer huntinghunting deer duck hunting, duckinghunting ducks fox hunting, foxhuntmounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox pigstickingthe sport of hunting wild boar with spears field sport, outdoor sport a sport that is played outdoors blood sportsport that involves killing animals (especially hunting) 1v seek, search for She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them Hyper look for, search, seek try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of 2n the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone Syn|Hypo|Hyper hunting, search exploration a careful systematic search forage, foragingthe act of searching for food and provisions frisk, friskingthe act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs looking, looking forthe act of searching visually manhuntan organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime) quest, seekingthe act of searching for something ransacking, rummagea thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion) scouringmoving over territory to search for something shakedowna very thorough search of a person or a place strip searchsearching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes probean exploratory action or expedition activity any specific behavior 3n an instance of searching for something 3the hunt for submarines Hyper search the examination of alternative hypotheses 1v pursue or chase relentlessly Syn|Hypo|Hyper hound, trace ferret hound or harry relentlessly chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track, trail go after with the intent to catch 2v chase away, with as with force 4They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood Hyper drive out, force out, rouse, rout out force or drive out 1v oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency Hyper oscillate, vibrate move or swing from side to side regularly 2v yaw back and forth about a flight path Hyper yaw deviate erratically from a set course Hunt (once / 1215 pages) 1n 2n 3n WORD FAMILY Hunt: Hunts USAGE EXAMPLESProfessor Nigel Hunt said the UK needed "a culture change" at work. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) There won’t be long-term residents in the garden, but Hunt is hopeful some will show up in their travels. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) She’s also a vendor at markets like Hunt and Gather and One of a Kind at Merchandise Mart. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 n Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910) 2Syn|Exp Holman Hunt, William Holman Hunt Pre-Raphaelite a painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals n United States architect (1827-1895) 3Syn|Exp Richard Morris Hunt architect, designer someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings) n British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859) Syn|Exp James Henry Leigh Hunt, Leigh Hunt author, writer writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) |
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