hunting

狩猟、狩り

スポーツや食料、材料のために野生動物を探して殺すこと。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： go hunting (My uncle goes hunting every autumn.)

よく使う表現： go hunting, hunting season, hunting rifle

探し、探索

住まいや仕事など、欲しいものや必要なものを注意深く探すこと。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： hunting for something (His hunting for a new apartment lasted several weeks.)

類義語： searching

よく使う表現： job hunting, house hunting, hunting for something

ハンチング、乱調

目標の値に落ち着かず、その上下を繰り返し行き来すること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： oscillation

よく使う表現： speed hunting, hunting oscillations, prevent hunting

回線選択、ハンティング

着信を受けるため、複数の電話回線から空いている回線を自動で選ぶこと。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： line hunting, hunting group, automatic hunting