| 单词 | a hunt-up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa hunt-up b. figurative and gen. Pursuit, as of a wild animal; the act of strenuously seeking or endeavouring to find something; a search, esp. a diligent search. Also with adv., as a hunt-up. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > a search quest?c1335 search?a1475 searching out1531 searching1562 hunt1608 inquest1621 the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [noun] > pursuit > hostile or violent chasec1325 hunting-down1542 hunt1608 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 169 I heare my selfe proclaim'd, And by the happie hollow of a tree Escapt the hunt. 1697 tr. Countess D'Aunoy's Trav. (1706) 52 They were now upon the Hunt for him. 1764 S. Foote Patron ii. 47 It is three months ago since I got the first scent of it, and I have been ever since on the hunt. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. viii. 659 On the hunt for appearances of guilt. 1852 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 194 I went off then on a new hunt for lodgings. < as lemmas |
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