单词详解

1. v.

A. 打猎，猎取 (pursue for food or sport) (as of wild animals)

It was said that the men hunted and the women did everything else in house.

据说男人只管打猎，家里的事都是妇女干的。

B. 搜寻，寻找，追捕 (seek, search for)

She has hunted everywhere for her purse but she can't find it. 她到处都找钱包，就是找不到。

C. 驱逐，追逐 (chase away, with as with force)

Children hunted the neighbor’s chickens out of our yard.

孩子把邻居家的小鸡从我们院子里轰走了。

2. n.

A. 打猎，猎取 (the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport)

I regretted taking part in the tiger hunt. 我后悔参加了猎虎活动。

B. 搜寻，寻找 (the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone)

The hunt is on for the escaped prisoner. 正在搜捕逃跑的犯人。

 

相关词组

1. hunt for 搜寻，寻找 

That young man announced that he was leaving to hunt for diamonds for his girlfriend.

年轻人宣布自己要去为他的女友寻找钻石。

2. hunt down 穷追直至抓获

The police have hunted down the criminal. 警方已经追捕到了那个嫌疑犯。

3. hunt up 搜寻；猎取

He has to hunt up new words and phrases in the dictionary. 他须在字典里查找单词和短语。

 

相关单词

现在分词：hunting

复数：hunts

过去式：hunted

过去分词：hunted

同义词：seek, search

 

相关链接

词语辨析：hunt, explore, track, seek

 

hunt, explore, track, seek

这些动词均含“搜索，寻找”之意。

hunt: 一般指寻找所需的物件，或对罪犯的搜寻，特指追猎。

explore: 一般指对未知事物或新生事物的探索、观察与研究。

track: 侧重按一定线索追查出结果。

seek: 语义庄重，语气强，使用广。多暗示做出很大努力去寻求某人或物。

 

词语详解

1. hunt: 一般指寻找所需的物件，或对罪犯的搜寻，特指追猎。

People need permission to hunt in this place. 人们在这地方打猎需要有许可。

2. explore: 一般指对未知事物或新生事物的探索、观察与研究。

The scientist uses animals to explore human nature. 科学家用动物来探究人类的本性。

3. track : 侧重按一定线索追查出结果。

This new way also makes it easier for restaurants to track customers.

这种方式同时也使餐馆更容易的追踪客人信息。

4. seek: 语义庄重，语气强，使用广。多暗示做出很大努力去寻求某人或物。

She went to seek her doctor’s advice. 她去请教医生。