/hʌnt ||; hʌnt/verb[I,T] 1 to run after wild animals, etc in order to catch or kill them either for sport or for food 猎取；猎杀: Owls hunt at night. 猫头鹰在夜间猎食。Are tigers still hunted in India? 印度是不是仍然有人捕猎老虎？
We often use the expression go hunting when we are talking about people spending time hunting. 打猎消闲叫go hunting。 2 hunt (for) (sb/sth) to try to find sb/sth 搜寻；缉捕 · The police are still hunting the murderer. 警方仍在缉捕那个谋杀犯。