English Dictionary

hunting

/ˈhʌntɪŋ/

noun

The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc. / Looking for something, especially for a job or flat.

Hunting is a popular outdoor activity in many rural areas.

意味（1）

The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.

His pictures of huntings are particularly admired: the figures and animals of every species being designed with uncommon spirit, nature, and truth.

意味（2）

Looking for something, especially for a job or flat.

意味（3）

(engineering) Fluctuating around a central value without stabilizing.

Bogie hunting is not caused by some sort of periodic disturbance but by dynamic instability; the oscillatory system is not the bogies alone but the complete assembly of bogie-plus-body; and variations in track rigidity do not affect the nature of the motion, only its intensity.

意味（4）

(telephony) The process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call.