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单词 recatch
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recatchv.

Brit. /ˌriːˈkatʃ/, U.S. /riˈkɛtʃ/
Inflections: Past tense and past participle recaught;
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, catch v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + catch v.
1. intransitive. To catch again (in various senses). rare.
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1753 London Mag. Aug. 354/2 Didst thou by deign to prompt my genial fire..Then shall the spark, which in my bosom glows, Recatch, and kindle at Apollo's rays.
1992 Olympics 92 (BBC Sports) 92/1 On the high bar, from which a gymnast will swing continuously, releasing and recatching at least once.
2. transitive. To catch (a person or thing) again (in various senses).
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the mind > possession > taking > seizing > catching or capture > catch or capture [verb (transitive)] > again
recover1575
recatch1762
recapture1784
1762 tr. S. Gessner Rural Poems 80 Then, swore I, by the Styx, till I recaught the fugitive, no ivy chaplet should my horns adorn.
1824 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1825) 294 As to recatching the Speaker! as soon They might hope to have caught Mr. Graham's Balloon.
1871 Daily News 19 Jan. French officers..recaught by the Germans.
1931 Folk-lore 42 308 When Prince Deche Zangpo had recaught the too voluble Ghost, that loquacious spirit..broke into another narrative.
1964 P. K. Dick in Amazing Stories July 99/1 ‘Made up your mind, people?’ the thin stony-faced girl..asked, tossing a baseball and recatching it.
1991 Alabama Game & Fish Mar. 46/3 McCord says he has recaught tagged bass and had other anglers recapture large fish within 10 yards of the original capture site.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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