| 单词 | catch |
| 释义 | catch I. transitive verb 1. a. < catch a thief > b. < catch fish in a net > < caught in a tangle of confusion — F.V.W.Mason > c. < he could at times be caught by the second-rate — F.A.Swinnerton > d. < catches his wife out, or so he thinks — Howard M. Jones > < catch a man in the act of stealing > e. < he started to say the wrong thing but quickly caught himself > f. < there is nobody so likely to catch me at last as yourself — Fanny Burney > g. < the storm caught them before they reached shelter > h. < you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain types of ideas — A.N.Whitehead > < sometimes I would catch her looking at Dorothea — Lloyd Alexander > 2. a. < tentacles to catch and pass the food to the mouth — W.E.Swinton > < the mother caught her child to her > b. < the disease caught the youth before he was twenty > < sorrow caught the bereaved mother > < fear caught the victim's throat > c. < catch a forward pass > < catch a high fly to center field > < an instrument to catch cosmic rays > d. < catch the first chance of a ride to town > e. < catch a ride > f. of fire < the flames caught the wooden shingles of the roof > g. < catch her coat in a door > < catch a foot on the top step and fall headlong > < catch a sleeve on a projecting nail > 3. a. < catch the measles > < catch pneumonia > < catch trouble > b. < catch the enthusiasm of the group > < catch the spirit of an occasion > c. < caught a piece of shrapnel in his right leg — Gilbert Millstein > < the flag above the grandstand caught the last of the sun — Maurice Duggan > < outside the breakwater the squadron caught the full sweep of a rising southeast wind — Joseph Millard > d. < catch a spanking > < catch hell > 4. a. < a barrel to catch rain water > b. < the branches caught the deer's antlers > < a ship caught between fire from shore batteries and sea attack > c. < catch down a loose edge of a dress > < catch back a curtain > 5. < catch a glimpse of a friend > < catch a nap > < catching a cup of coffee between trains > 6. a. obsolete < torment myself to catch the English crown — Shakespeare > b. < catch the man before he had a chance to go a mile > c. < catch a plane > < catch the last bus home > d. < catch an early show with minutes to spare > 7. < the idea of cooperation did not catch general attention — W.C.Allee > < one of the guests who caught his fancy — Abram Kardiner > 8. a. < his fist shot out and caught the small man directly on the mouth — Sherwood Anderson > b. < a searchlight … caught and held them in its glare — Nevil Shute > < her high notes catch the microphone — Edward Sackville-West & Desmond Shawe-Taylor > 9. a. < his ears open to catch all the night noises — W.F.Davis > < from their pages we catch something of the philosophy of the men and women — C.R.Woodward > b. < catch a person's likeness > < the writer catches the atmosphere of the 17th century court > 10. a. b. < caught both ends of the doubleheader > < caught the lefthander > 11. < the cowslips are good caught early — Meridel Le Sueur > < the pig had been caught early before it lost flesh — Pearl Buck > < they caught the maple trees too early in the season > 12. < catch the first part of the evening's performance > intransitive verb 1. of fire < the flame caught in the chimney > 2. < catch at someone's coat as he passes > < catch at the first opportunity that comes up > 3. a. < the kite caught in the tree branches > < the boy's foot caught on the edge of the step > b. of the breath < make your breath catch with suspense — Bernard De Voto > 4. < the hook does not catch > 5. of a sail or sailing boat 6. a. b. of a gasoline engine 7. dialect, of water 8. of a domestic mammal 9. of a plant < the clover caught well at the first sowing > 10. 11. slang 12. < the water boiled away and the potatoes caught > Synonyms: < the hunters caught the fox > < the police caught the killer > < it may have seemed to Augustus an easy way of filling his treasury and it caught the imagination of the Roman poets — John Buchan > capture is narrower in range than catch in often implying somewhat greater magnitude or importance of the thing caught, longer duration of the capture, and less necessary constriction or confinement during that period < he captured 27 prizes in the Comet — R.G.Albion > < the business of the major parties is to capture control of the government — H.S.Commager > < no artist can set out to capture charm — A.C.Benson > trap suggests craft or guile on the pursuer's part or unwariness on the quarry's. It stresses the existence of an adverse situation from which escape is unlikely, but may leave open the possibility, while capture indicates finality of seizure < trap wild animals > < the Texans trapped in the Alamo > < his reliance on feeling … frequently trapped him into absurdities — F.B.Millett > The verb snare differs from the verb trap as the noun snare from the noun trap. snare may suggest entanglement as in a net in contrast to the clamping stricture of trap < folks who are still snared in the toils of mortal compulsions — R.P.Warren > ensnare and entrap are interchangeable with snare and trap most of the time but may occasionally suggest greater subtlety of contrivance and more entanglement and complexity in the victim's situation < as if he would clear away some entanglement which had entrapped his thought — Louis Bromfield > < sympathetic to the regime that ensnared them in its monstrous net — Saturday Review > bag implies what is implicit in a hunter's putting game in his bag, that is, unquestioned success in seizing a difficult quarry by a hunter's arts < Victor Weybright, of the American branch, bagged the British rights to John Hershey's Hiroshima while other English publishers were asleep — Bennett Cerf > • - catch a crab - catch fire - catch it - catch one's breath - catch the wind II. 1. < the catch of valuable native fur — F.S.Cohen > < a good catch of fish > 2. a. b. < a sudden catch in the speaker's voice > c. < a good running catch > d. e. 3. a. b. (1) (2) 4. < another important catch of the patrol was a submarine > especially < he was an excellent catch > 5. 6. < young men … sing catches of a traditional Genoese melody as they mend their sails — J.V.Taberner > 7. < there must be a catch in it somewhere > 8. 9. III. < a catch question > IV. < I might catch them in the evenings at a local motel — Bryan Di Salvatore > — often used as an informal farewell at parting < catch you later > intransitive verb < the engine finally caught > |
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