witch-hunt

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈwɪtʃhʌnt/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A search for people believed to be using sorcery or harmful magic, typically in order to persecute or punish them. historical
    — To-night ye will see. It is the great witch-hunt, and many will be smelt out as wizards and slain.
  2. An attempt to find and punish or harass a group of people perceived as a threat, usually on ideological or political grounds. broadly
    — Rank-and-file Communists everywhere are led away on a senseless witch-hunt after 'Trotskyists'.
  3. A public or political campaign or investigation which smears a person or group. broadly
    — Even fewer people could believe that the UNCW administration would actually undertake a witch hunt against me, even going so far as to invoke their right to read my personal e-mails because they were on the university's system.
动词 v.
  1. To perform a witch-hunt. informal

词形变化

witch-hunts plural witchhunt alternative witch hunt alternative witch-hunts present,singular,third-person witch-hunting participle,present witch-hunted participle,past witch-hunted past witchhunt alternative witch hunt alternative

词汇关系

相关词
witch hunter witch-hunting witch-hunty

词源

词源 1
From witch + hunt.
词源 2
From witch + hunt.
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