Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #4330
hunt
打猎；狩猎
The act of hunting.
- 1.
The act of hunting.
狩猎的行为。
- 2.
Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
英国人和前拉斐尔派画家(1827-1910)
- 3.
A hunting expedition.
狩猎远征。
- 4.
United States architect (1827-1895)
美国建筑师(1827-1895)
- 5.
An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
专门从事狩猎的组织,或其成员。
- 6.
British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
捍卫济慈和雪莱浪漫主义的英国作家(1784-1859)
- 7.
A pack of hunting dogs.
一群猎犬。
出猎；狩猎远行；猎犬群；一群猎犬；狩猎组织；狩猎团体；亨特（姓氏）；狩猎的行为。
In use
The hunt for the missing hikers continued through the night.
The annual deer hunt begins next month.
After a long hunt, she finally found the perfect gift.
a hunt for [something]
表示为了找到某物或某人而进行的搜索活动。
They organized a hunt for the missing child.
他们组织了对失踪儿童的搜寻。
go on a hunt
常与冒险或寻找特定目标的活动搭配使用。
We went on a treasure hunt in the forest.
我们在森林里进行了一次寻宝活动。
in the hunt
常用于体育或竞争语境，表示仍有希望获胜。
The team is still in the hunt for the championship.
Connections
Collocations
- a hunt for
- 对…的搜寻；寻找
- Their hunt for the missing child lasted three days.他们对失踪儿童的搜寻持续了三天。
- on the hunt
- 在寻找；在搜寻
- She is always on the hunt for vintage furniture.她总是在搜寻复古家具。
- treasure hunt
- 寻宝游戏；寻宝
- The children played a treasure hunt in the garden.孩子们在花园里玩寻宝游戏。
- scavenger hunt
- 寻物游戏；寻宝比赛
- We organized a scavenger hunt for the school fair.我们为学校义卖会组织了一场寻物游戏。
- job hunt
- 找工作；求职
- His job hunt finally paid off after months of interviews.经过几个月的面试，他的求职终于有了结果。
- witch hunt
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想画面：hunt 开头的 h 像猎人举枪，u 像猎物躲在草丛里，合起来就是“打猎、狩猎”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：hunting season、hunting grounds 名词 hunt 通常指“打猎、狩猎”这一行为，多用于狩猎季节或猎场等实际狩猎场合；语体中性，口语和书面语中都比较自然。
Grammar Note
常与介词 for 连用，表示‘搜寻’的对象。
Pronunciation & Spelling
hunt /hʌnt/ rhymes with front /frʌnt/, blunt /blʌnt/, grunt /ɡrʌnt/, bunt /bʌnt/, shunt /ʃʌnt/, and stunt /stʌnt/ — all end in /ʌnt/. Beware lookalikes such as haunt /hɔːnt/ and count /kaʊnt/: they have different vowel sounds, so they do not rhyme with hunt.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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