一、详细释义：


n.

打猎；狩猎 [C]


例句：

Perhaps a hunt could please your majesty.

也许狩猎能让您开怀，陛下。


例句：

6.Nowadays it is rare for a hunt to pass off without some kind of confrontation between hunters and hunt saboteurs.

现在几乎没有一次狩猎不因狩猎者和阻拦者之间发生冲突而告终。


搜寻 [C]


例句：

I had a good hunt for that book.

那本书我找了好一阵子。


例句：

I'm on the hunt for lodgings.

我正在寻找住所。


v.

打猎 [I,T]


例句：

They are hunting the foxes.

他们在猎狐。


例句：

Indians hunt and fish.

印地安人狩猎捕鱼。


搜索，搜寻 [I,T]


例句：

They went to the island to hunt the buffed treasure.

他们到岛上去寻找埋藏的宝物。


例句：

Many people hunt after happiness, but never find it.

许多人寻求幸福，但并未找到。


二、词义辨析：


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。


三、相关短语：


hunt down

穷追…直至捕获,搜寻…直至发现


still hunt

伺机等候,暗中调查


treasure hunt

n. 寻宝，寻找珍宝


四、参考例句：


Indians hunt and fish.

印地安人狩猎捕鱼。


Cougars hunt at night.

美洲豹夜晚捕猎。


Wolves hunt in packs.

狼总是成群猎食.


Owls hunt small birds at night.

猫头鹰夜间捕食小鸟。


Perhaps a hunt could please your majesty.

也许狩猎能让您开怀，陛下。


I'm on the hunt for lodgings.

我正在寻找住所。


The hunt for the puma began in a small village.

捕捉这只美洲狮的行动是从一个小村子开始的。


John set out that day to hunt for work.

约翰那天外出找工作。


They went to the island to hunt the buffed treasure.

他们到岛上去寻找埋藏的宝物。


Hunt married three women and sired 15 children.

亨特娶过3个女人，生了15个孩子。