hunt for
追寻,搜集,搜寻,找
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Definitions
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- : to chase or search for for the purpose of catching or killing.
- : to pursue with force, hostility, etc., in order to capture: They hunted him down and hanged him.
- : to search for; seek; endeavor to obtain or find: to hunt up the most promising candidates for the position.
- : to search thoroughly.
- : to scour in pursuit of game.
- : to use or direct in chasing game.
- : Change Ringing. to alter the place of in a hunt.
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- : to engage in the pursuit, capture, or killing of wild animals for food or in sport.
- : to make a search or quest.
- : Change Ringing. to alter the place of a bell in its set according to certain rules.
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- : an act or practice of hunting game or other wild animals.
- : a search; a seeking or endeavor to find.
- : a pursuit.
- : a group of persons associated for the purpose of hunting; an association of hunters.
- : an area hunted over.
- : Change Ringing. a regularly varying order of permutations in the ringing of a group of from five to twelve bells.
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Examples
NSO sells Pegasus with the same pitch arms dealers use to sell conventional weapons, positioning it as a crucial aid in the hunt for terrorists and criminals.
Lawrence Corey, a virologist from Fred Hutchinson who was tapped by Warp Speed in July to head the US trials, says the vaccine hunt is moving quickly because scientists have been “planning for success.”
The letter, from Elliott deputy John Hemmerling, didn’t just promise a leak hunt for Hargrove’s sources.
The Arizona Diamondbacks were in the wild-card hunt a year ago and added Madison Bumgarner, Starling Marte and Kole Calhoun in the offseason to bolster their rotation and lineup.
Others are on the hunt for what animal the virus jumped into people from, which can help scientists understand how the virus made the jump and guide policies to monitor those animals for related coronaviruses.
The kid from next door drops by and Marvin talks to him about the stunts in his latest film, Death Hunt.
The Federal Duck Stamp Act raised the fee on stamps needed to hunt waterfowl on federal land from $15 to $25.
Jordanian intelligence played an important role in the hunt that eventually killed Zarqawi in Iraq in 2006.
A team of cops swarmed the apartment in the hunt for a potential homicide suspect they believed was hiding in the residences.
In her mind, the entire ordeal was a witch-hunt led by the local authorities.
Mrs. Jolly Robin had often wished—when she was trying to feed a rapidly-growing family—that she could hunt forp.
When the whole hunt is hunting up, each single change is made between the whole hunt, and the next bell above it.
With these ten Hunts, the first change in each Peal is made by hunting the whole Hunt up.
This Peal (by the Rules aforesaid) may be Rang with any whole hunt, half hunt, and quarter hunt.
The half hunt is alwayes one of the two hindmost bells which makes every bob-change.