hunting

noun

/ˈhʌntɪŋ/

[uncountable]

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going after and killing wild animals as a sport or for food狩猎运动；打猎
- He goes hunting every weekend.他每个周末都去打猎。
- Since 1977 otter hunting has been illegal.捕猎水獭 1977 年以后就被视为非法了。
- In 1966, the commercial hunting of blue whales was banned.1966年，禁止商业捕鲸。
- In the tiger, evolution has produced a perfect hunting machine.在老虎身上，进化产生了完美的捕猎机器。
Culture field sportsfield sportsThe main field sports are hunting, shooting and fishing. They are often also called blood sports because they involve killing animals. In Britain all three sports were associated in the past with the upper classes, although today they all, especially fishing, attract a much wider group of people.Fox-hunting, usually called just 'hunting' in Britain, was until recently the most common form of hunting. A pack of trained dogs (called foxhounds) chased after and killed a fox while a group of people followed on horseback, wearing pink (= red jackets) and blowing horns. Fox-hunting, together with stag -hunting (= the hunting of male deer with dogs), hare coursing, in which greyhounds chase after a hare are now illegal, as are other blood sports such as badger baiting and cockfighting.The ban on hunting was an important political issue in Britain. Many people believe hunting is cruel and should be stopped, but some people living in the country see the ban as an attack on their way of life. The ban came into effect in 2005. Riding with hounds is still legal, using an artificial scent (= smell) for the dogs to follow. Organizations opposed to hunting with dogs include the League Against Cruel Sports and the RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). The main organization in favour is the Countryside Alliance.Shooting game birds, such as pheasant and grouse, is a sport mainly of the upper and middle classes. Grouse shooting begins each year on 12 August, the Glorious Twelfth, and takes place mainly in Scotland. The hunters often use beaters to drive the birds towards their guns. Those who do not want to shoot at live birds do clay pigeon shooting (= shooting at discs fired into the air).Fishing, often called angling, is a very popular sport and there are many angling clubs. Three main types of angling take place: fly fishing, coarse fishing and sea fishing. Fly fishing, which is expensive, is fishing for salmon, trout and other fish in fast-flowing rivers, using special hooks that are made to look like flies. Coarse fishing in rivers and lakes for fish other than salmon and trout, most of which are thrown back after being caught, is more widely popular. On the coast people may fish with a rod and line from a boat or from the beach.The US probably has more hunting organizations than any other country. This is mainly because of two strong traditions: the Constitution gives all Americans the right to own guns, and Americans have always hunted animals for food. The first Europeans who settled America hunted deer, bears, foxes, turkeys and ducks to survive, and many Americans still eat what they shoot. For these reasons, hunting is a sport for all classes and many people own hunting rifles. Americans do not use the name field sports. Instead they say outdoor sports or, because that can include camping, walking and boating, simply hunting and fishing. Bird hunting is often used instead of shooting, because that can also mean shooting at targets made of wood.Many other Americans are against hunting, but animal rights groups have little power against organizations like the National Rifle Association, which has more than 4 million members, and other groups that support hunting and fishing. Conservation organizations sometimes also use their influence to protect the rights of people to hunt and fish.Rather than foxes, Americans generally hunt deer, elk (= a type of deer), bear, antelope, mountain lion, raccoon and wild birds. The US Fish and Wildlife Service is in charge of fishing and hunting laws. States have their own wildlife departments and sometimes both national and state permission is needed to hunt.Fishing is the most popular outdoor sport in America. River fish caught in the US include trout, bass and salmon. Saltwater (= sea) fish include flounder, mackerel, shark, snapper and tuna.
Extra Examples
- a law prohibiting big-game hunting禁止大型狩猎的法律
- Local people go hunting in the woods.当地人去树林里狩猎。
- The king built a large hunting lodge in the mountains.国王在山里兴建了一座巨大的狩猎屋。
- commercial hunting of minke whales为了谋取商业利益而猎杀小须鲸
- the hunting of deer猎鹿
- traditional country pursuits like hunting, shooting and fishing捕猎、射猎、钓鱼等的传统的乡村消遣活动
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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big-game
- deer
- fox
- …
verb + hunting
- go
- ban
hunting + noun
- knife
- rifle
- ground
- …
preposition
- hunting of
phrases
- happy hunting ground
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(British English)
(also fox hunting British and North American English)
[uncountable] a sport in which foxes are hunted by specially trained dogs and by people on horses. Fox hunting with dogs is now illegal in the UK.猎狐（一种体育运动，如今在英国用狗猎狐是违法的）
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big-game
- deer
- fox
- …
verb + hunting
- go
- ban
hunting + noun
- knife
- rifle
- ground
- …
preposition
- hunting of
phrases
- happy hunting ground
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(in compounds构成复合词) the process of looking for something找；寻找
- How's the job-hunting going?工作找得怎么样了？
- Archaeologists have called for a ban on treasure hunting in the region.考古学家呼吁禁止这一地区的寻宝活动。
see also bargain hunting, house-hunting