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单词 capture
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capture

verb
 
/ˈkæptʃə(r)/
/ˈkæptʃər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they capture
/ˈkæptʃə(r)/
/ˈkæptʃər/
he / she / it captures
/ˈkæptʃəz/
/ˈkæptʃərz/
past simple captured
/ˈkæptʃəd/
/ˈkæptʃərd/
past participle captured
/ˈkæptʃəd/
/ˈkæptʃərd/
-ing form capturing
/ˈkæptʃərɪŋ/
/ˈkæptʃərɪŋ/
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    catch

  1.  
    capture somebody/something to catch a person or an animal and keep them as a prisoner or shut them in a space that they cannot escape from
    • Allied troops captured over 300 enemy soldiers.
    • The animals are captured in nets and sold to local zoos.
  2. take control

  3.  
    capture something to take control of a place, building, etc. using force
    • The city was captured in 1941.
  4.  
    capture something to succeed in getting control or possession of something that other people are also trying to get
    • The company has captured 90 per cent of the market.
    • He captured the world championship title in 2018.
  5. make somebody interested

  6.  
    to make somebody interested in something
    • The project has captured the imagination of the local public.
    • His story captured the attention of Hollywood.
    Topics Feelingsb2
  7. feeling/atmosphere

  8.  
    capture something to succeed in accurately expressing a feeling, an atmosphere, etc. in a picture, piece of writing, film, etc. synonym catch
    • Her photos capture the essence of her subjects.
    • The song captures the spirit of those times.
    • They have captured a moment in people's lives.
    Extra Examples
    • That description captures perfectly the feeling of being invisible.
    • The article captured the mood of the nation.
    • The exhibition on India fails to capture the great diversity of this fascinating country.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • accurately
    • perfectly
    • beautifully
    verb + capture
    • try to
    • be able to
    • manage to
    See full entry
  9. film/record/paint

  10. to photograph, film, record, paint, etc. somebody/something
    • capture something The photographer's camera captures images of extreme beauty.
    • capture somebody/something on something The attack was captured on film by security cameras.
    Topics Artb2
  11. somebody’s heart

  12. capture somebody’s heart to make somebody love you
  13. computing

  14. capture something to put something into a computer in a form it can use
  15. Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a noun): from French, from Latin captura, from capt- ‘seized, taken’, from the verb capere.

capture

noun
 
/ˈkæptʃə(r)/
/ˈkæptʃər/
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  1.  
    [uncountable] the act of capturing somebody/something or of being captured
    • He evaded capture for three days.
    • to elude/avoid capture
    • They narrowly escaped capture several times.
    • This information led to the capture of the murderer.
    Topics Crime and punishmentb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + capture
    • avoid
    • elude
    • escape
    See full entry
  2. [uncountable] the act of taking control of a place, building, etc. using force
    • the capture of enemy territory
  3. [uncountable, countable] the act or process of recording something, especially using computers
    • image/video capture
    • I have provided a series of screen captures (= images of what was on a screen) below.
    • It was the first movie to use motion capture for its entire length.
  4. see also carbon capture and storage, data capture
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a noun): from French, from Latin captura, from capt- ‘seized, taken’, from the verb capere.
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