hunting

chasse

Activité qui consiste à chercher et tuer des animaux sauvages pour le sport, la nourriture ou leurs matières premières.

En anglais simple : Looking for and killing wild animals for sport, food, or materials.

• They went hunting in the forest.
• Hunting is forbidden in this park.
• The hunting season starts next month.

Comment l'utiliser : go hunting (My uncle goes hunting every autumn.)

Expressions courantes : go hunting, hunting season, hunting rifle

recherche

Action de chercher attentivement quelque chose que l’on veut ou dont on a besoin, comme un logement ou un emploi.

En anglais simple : Looking carefully for something you want or need, such as a home or a job.

• Job hunting can take months.
• We spent the weekend house hunting.
• Her hunting for bargains led her to a small market.

Comment l'utiliser : hunting for something (His hunting for a new apartment lasted several weeks.)

Synonymes : searching

Expressions courantes : job hunting, house hunting, hunting for something

oscillation, pompage

Variation répétée au-dessus et au-dessous de la valeur souhaitée, sans se stabiliser à cette valeur.

En anglais simple : Repeated movement above and below a desired value without settling at that value.

• The motor showed hunting at low speed.
• We adjusted the controller to reduce hunting.
• Severe hunting made the system unstable.

Synonymes : oscillation

Expressions courantes : speed hunting, hunting oscillations, prevent hunting

recherche de ligne

Sélection automatique d’une ligne téléphonique libre parmi plusieurs pour recevoir un appel.

En anglais simple : Automatically choosing an available telephone line from a group to receive a call.

• Line hunting found a free telephone line.
• The office uses automatic hunting for incoming calls.
• Hunting sends the call to an available extension.

Expressions courantes : line hunting, hunting group, automatic hunting