Word · Frequency #4330
hunted
打猎;捕猎;猎杀
hunted is the past of hunt.
To chase and kill wild animals for food or sport.
- 1.
To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
在野外寻找或搜索动物,意图杀死动物以获取其肉或作为运动。
- 2.
To try to find something; search (for).
试图找到某物;寻找。
- 3.
To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
驱赶;追逐;常与down、from、away等连用。
- 4.
To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
在狩猎中使用或管理(狗、马等)。
- 5.
To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
用于或穿越以追捕猎物。
- 6.
To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
在规律的变奏过程中移动或改变(钟)的顺序。
- 7.
To shift up and down in order regularly.
有规律地上下移动。
- 8.
To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, etc.; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.
处于不稳定的运动或受迫振荡状态,如调速器在负载微小变化时球体大幅移动,或电弧灯离合器机构随电流变化而快速上下移动等;也指并联运行的交流发电机组的摆动。
寻找;搜寻;追赶;追捕;驱赶;用(猎犬、马等)狩猎;在(某地)打猎;跑遍(某地)追猎;使(钟)按序变位;有规律地上下移动
In use
The lion hunts for food every day.
They hunted in the forest last weekend.
She is hunting for a new apartment in the city.
hunt (for) sth
及物动词,直接接猎物;也可接 for 表示搜寻目标。
They went to the forest to hunt deer.
他们去森林猎鹿。
hunt for sth/sb
hunt for 强调寻找过程,对象可以是物或人。
She spent the whole morning hunting for her keys.
她花了一整个早上搜寻她的钥匙。
hunt sb/sth down
hunt down 表示穷追不舍直至抓获。
The police vowed to hunt down the escapees.
警方誓言追捕逃犯。
Connections
Collocations
- hunt for
- 搜寻,寻找
- She is hunting for a new job.她正在寻找新工作。
- hunt down
- 追捕,搜寻并抓获
- The police hunted down the fugitive.警察追捕到了逃犯。
- go hunting
- 去打猎
- They went hunting in the forest.他们去森林里打猎。
- hunt through
- 仔细搜寻
- I need to hunt through my files for that document.我需要仔细翻找我的文件来找那份文件。
- hunt high and low
- 四处搜寻
- We hunted high and low for the missing cat.我们四处寻找那只丢失的猫。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象猎人汉特(hunt)在森林里追逐猎物,记住这个画面。
Context & Register
打猎:户外狩猎活动,中性语体,常见于野外场景。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words rhyming with 'hunt': punt, bunt, runt, shunt, grunt (all /ʌnt/). 'Aunt' is a lookalike but pronounced /ænt/ (or /ɑːnt/), so it does not rhyme.
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
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