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单词 overhunt
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overhunt

verb

over·​hunt ˌō-vər-ˈhənt How to pronounce overhunt (audio)
overhunted; overhunting

transitive verb

1
: to hunt (animals) to an excessive and usually harmful degree
overhunted the local deer population
2
: to hunt (an area) excessively to the point that the kinds of animals hunted become scarce
overhunting certain regions of the country
overhunting
ˌō-vər-ˈhən-tiŋ How to pronounce overhunt (audio)
noun
Overhunting ranks as a major problem for a third of the mammals and birds threatened with extinction … Susan Milius

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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