hunting

Compared meaning: chasing and killing wild animals (noun).

比较义项：狩猎（追捕并猎杀野生动物）（名词）。

• hunting 本词

  Uncountable noun for the general activity or sport of chasing and killing wild animals; used without an article, as in 'go hunting' or 'hunting season'.

  不可数名词，指追捕并猎杀野生动物这一活动或运动本身；不加冠词，常用于“go hunting”（去打猎）、“hunting season”（狩猎季节）等搭配。

  My uncle goes hunting in the forest every autumn.

  我叔叔每年秋天都去森林里打猎。

• hunt

  Countable noun for one specific occasion of chasing wild animals; takes an article, as in 'a hunt' or 'go on a hunt for the fox'.

  可数名词，指一次具体的狩猎行动；需搭配冠词，如“a hunt”（一次狩猎）、“go on a hunt for the fox”（进行一次猎狐行动）。

  The villagers organized a hunt for the escaped tiger.

  村民们组织了一次搜捕逃脱老虎的狩猎行动。

Hunting and hunt both mean chasing and killing wild animals. Hunting is uncountable, naming the activity in general, as in 'go hunting'. Hunt is countable, naming one specific occasion, as in 'a hunt'. Hunt also means 'to search'; not compared here.

hunting 和 hunt 都表示“狩猎”，但语法功能不同：hunting 是不可数名词，强调追捕并猎杀野生动物这一活动或运动本身；hunt 是可数名词，指一次具体的狩猎行动。hunt 还常用来表示“寻找”（如 job hunt 求职），这里不比较该义项。

Compared meaning: an act of looking for something (noun).

比较义项：为寻找某物而进行的搜寻（名词）。

• hunting 本词

  Used as a gerund describing an ongoing search activity or hobby, often in compounds like 'house hunting' or 'bargain hunting'; rarely used alone as a countable noun with 'a'.

  常作动名词，表示持续进行的寻找活动或爱好，多构成复合词，如“house hunting”（找房子）或“bargain hunting”（淘便宜货）；很少单独作为可数名词与“a”连用。

  Bargain hunting online saves our family a lot of money before the holidays.

  假期前在网上淘便宜货为我们家省了不少钱。

• search

  The most neutral and common term, used in everyday, formal, and technical contexts (a police search, a database search) without any special emotional connotation.

  语气最中性、最常用的词，用于日常、正式和技术语境中（如警方搜索、数据库搜索），不带特殊的情感色彩。

  The scientists conducted a careful search of the database for errors.

  科学家们仔细搜索了数据库以查找错误。

• hunt

  Suggests an active, often exciting pursuit of something elusive or hidden, and appears in fixed expressions such as 'treasure hunt' or 'scavenger hunt' that do not use 'search' or 'hunting'.

  暗示对某种难以寻觅或隐藏之物进行积极、往往带有刺激感的追寻，并出现在“treasure hunt”（寻宝）、“scavenger hunt”（寻物游戏）等固定说法中，这些说法不用search或hunting替换。

  Our office organized a scavenger hunt to celebrate the start of the new year.

  我们办公室组织了一场寻物游戏来庆祝新年伊始。

Hunting, search, and hunt can all mean looking for something. Hunting describes an ongoing search activity or hobby, often in compounds like 'house hunting'. Search is the most neutral and common word. Hunt suggests an exciting pursuit, as in 'treasure hunt' or 'scavenger hunt'.

这三个词在“寻找某物”这一义项上意思相近，但语气和用法不同：hunting强调持续进行的寻找活动或爱好，常构成复合词；search语气最中性、最常用；hunt则带有更强的追寻感，常见于固定说法中。这里不比较hunting的“打猎”义项（词典例句中叔叔去森林打猎即属此义），也不比较search和hunt作动词时“搜索、追捕”的用法。