The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught.
搜寻工作进行了好几个星期，但始终未能逮住那只美洲狮。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 1 A Puma at large

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

hunt [hʌnt] 词频1 词根: /hʌn/
vt.& vi. 打猎;猎取; vt. 打猎;追捕，猎杀;在…处狩猎;搜索; vi. 追逐猎物;寻找;前后摆动;积极地寻找; n. 打猎;狩猎旅行;参加狩猎旅行的人;
"John Hunt, familiarly known to his friends as Jack"
约翰∙亨特，朋友昵称他为杰克
近义：prey, chase, shoot, hunting, inquiry, investigation
several ['sɛvrəl] 词频1 词根: se
adj. 几个的;专有的;各自的;分别的; pron. 几个，数个;一些;
💡 七（seven）块肉?一共（al=all）花了 几个钱 七根(seve-seven)铁轨(ral-rail) 几个人抬 网友：马 胜 敏 补充：1：色彩（se）
"Several new members have come into the club since last year."
自去年以来,又有些新成员加入了俱乐部.
近义：manifold, many, some, various, divers
puma [['pju:mə]]
n. 美洲狮, 美洲狮毛皮
近义：cougar
went [[went]] 词频1
go的过去式
caught [[kɔ:t]] 词频1
catch的过去式和过去分词

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

The city at one time must have been prosperous, for it enjoyed a high level of civilization.
这座古城肯定一度很繁荣，因为它曾享有高度的文明，
an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.
人们情愿拿出大笔的钱，也不愿毕生的心血毁于歹徒之手。
One of the most famous sailing ships of the nineteenth century, the Cutty Sark, can still be seen at Greewich.
人们在格林威治仍可看到19世纪最有名的帆船之一“卡蒂萨克”号。
Dickie disliked snobs intensely.
迪基痛恨势利小人。
Nor is the city without its moments of beauty.
城市也并非没有良辰美景。
but hauling it out of the water proved to be a serious problem.
可是把盘子捞出却是一个很大的难题。