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单词 catch cold
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catch /kach/

transitive verb (infinitive in Spenser sometimes catchˈen or ketch; pat and pap caught /köt/, also obsolete dialect catched or catcht; pat in Spenser also keight /kīt/)
  1. To take hold of, esp of a thing in motion
  2. To take hold of (the ball) after the batsman has hit it and before it touches the ground (cricket)
  3. To dismiss (a batsman) in this way
  4. To hear (informal)
  5. To understand or comprehend
  6. To seize (a person, etc) after pursuit
  7. To trap or ensnare when hunting, fishing, etc
  8. To entangle or fasten on (to)
  9. To come upon, to happen to see
  10. To meet or contact (a person) (informal)
  11. To be in time for
  12. To take (a train, bus, etc) as a means of transport
  13. To strike, hit
  14. To get (a disease) by infection or contagion
  15. To attract (a person's attention, notice, etc)
  16. To succeed in reproducing (someone's qualities or likeness, etc) by painting, photography or imitation
  17. To take (fire)
intransitive verb
  1. To be contagious
  2. To be entangled or fastened
  3. (of a fire, or of anything to be burned) to catch light
noun
  1. Seizure
  2. An act of catching, esp the ball in cricket, etc
  3. A clasp, or anything that fastens or holds
  4. That which is caught
  5. A person who is considered worth catching as a marriage partner
  6. A sudden advantage taken
  7. A concealed difficulty or disadvantage
  8. In someone's voice, an indistinctness caused by strong emotion
  9. A children's game in which a ball, etc is thrown and caught in turn
  10. A round for three or more voices, often deriving comic effect from the interweaving of the words (music)
ORIGIN: From OFr cachier, from LL captiāre from captāre, intens of capere to take; see chase1

catchˈable adjective

Capable of being caught

catchˈer noun

  1. A person or thing that catches
  2. A fielder positioned behind the batter (baseball)

catchˈiness noun

catchˈing noun

  1. The action of the verb
  2. A nervous or spasmodic twitching
adjective
  1. Infectious (medicine or figurative)
  2. Captivating, attractive

catchˈment noun

  1. The act of collecting water
  2. The water collected from a river, etc
  3. A catchment area
  4. The pupils collected from a school catchment area

catchˈy adjective

  1. Attractive
  2. Deceptive
  3. (of a tune, etc) readily taking hold in the mind, memorable
  4. Fitful

catchˈ-all adjective

Covering or dealing with a number of instances, eventualities or problems, esp ones not covered or dealt with by other provisions

catch-as-catch-canˈ noun

A style of wrestling in which any hold is allowed

adjective and adverb (esp N American)

Using any method that is available

catchˈ-basin or catchˈ-pit noun

A trap for dirt in a drain

catchˈ-crop noun

A secondary crop grown before, after, or at the same time as, and on the same piece of ground as, a main crop

catchˈ-drain noun

A drain on a hillside to catch the surface-water

catchˈfly noun

A name for a species of campion (Lychnis viscaria) and several bladder campion (genus Silene) with sticky stems

catching pen noun (Aust and NZ)

A pen for holding sheep awaiting shearing

catchˈline noun

A slogan, esp in advertising or politics

catchment area noun

  1. The area from which a river or reservoir is fed (also catchment basin)
  2. The area from which the pupils for a school are drawn, or the locality served by some other public facility such as a library or a hospital

Catchment board noun (NZ)

A public body responsible for water supply from a catchment area

catchˈpenny noun

A worthless thing made only for profit (also adjective)

catchˈphrase noun

  1. A phrase that becomes popular and is much repeated
  2. A slogan

catch-pit see catch-basin above.

catch points plural noun

Railway points which can derail a train to prevent it accidentally running onto a main line

catch-the-tenˈ noun

A card game in which the aim is to capture the ten of trumps

Catchˈ-22ˈ adjective

(title of novel by J Heller, 1961) denoting an absurd situation in which one can never win, being constantly balked by a clause, rule, etc which itself can alter to block any change in one's course of action, or being faced with a choice of courses of action, both or all of which would have undesirable consequences

noun

Such a situation

catchˈweed noun

Goosegrass or cleavers

catchˈweight adjective (wrestling)

Denoting a contest in which weight is unrestricted

catchˈword noun

  1. The word at the head of the page in a dictionary or encyclopaedia
  2. (in typed correspondence) the first word of a page given at the bottom of the preceding page
  3. Any word or phrase taken up and repeated, esp as the watchword or slogan of a political party
  4. An actor's cue

catch at

To make a hasty attempt to catch

catch cold (at)

To suffer a financial or other misfortune (as a result of making an unwise investment, etc)

catch fire or light

  1. To become ignited
  2. To become inspired by passion or enthusiasm

catch hold of

To seize

catch it (informal)

To get a scolding or reprimand

catch me or him, etc

An emphatic colloquial phrase implying that there is not the remotest possibility of my or his, etc doing the thing mentioned

catch on

  1. To comprehend
  2. To become fashionable, to catch the popular imagination

catch one's breath see under breath

catch one's death see under death

catch out

To detect in error or deceit

catch sight of

To get a glimpse of

catch someone's drift

To follow and understand what someone is talking about

catch up

  1. To draw level (with) and sometimes overtake
  2. To bring oneself up to date with

catch up or away

To snatch or seize hastily

caught up in

Engrossed or involved in

cold /kōld/

adjective
  1. Giving or feeling a sensation that is felt to be the opposite of hot
  2. Chilly
  3. Low in temperature
  4. Without passion or zeal
  5. Spiritless
  6. Unfriendly
  7. Indifferent
  8. Reserved
  9. Dead
  10. (of colours) suggesting cold rather than heat, as blue or grey
  11. Without application of heat
  12. Used of operations formerly requiring heat, eg cold-casting, -forging, -moulding and -welding
  13. (in marketing, politics, etc) involving contacting people thought to be potential customers or supporters, without the contact having been prearranged or primed, and with no knowledge of the people's likely reactions or opinions, as in cold calling or cold canvassing
noun
  1. A relative absence of heat
  2. The feeling or sensation caused by the absence of heat
  3. Coldness
  4. A spell of cold weather
  5. A catarrhal inflammation of the mucous membrane of the respiratory organs, caused by a virus, usually accompanied by hoarseness and coughing
  6. Catarrh
  7. Chillness
adverb

Without preparation or rehearsal

ORIGIN: OE (Anglian) cald (WSax ceald); Scot cauld, Ger kalt; cf cool, ON kala to freeze, L gelidus, from gelū frost

coldˈie noun (Aust sl)

A cold can or bottle of beer

coldˈish adjective

Somewhat cold

coldˈly adverb

coldˈness noun

coldˈblood noun and adjective

(of) a horse belonging to the heavy draught breeds (cf warmblood)

coldˈ-blooded adjective

  1. Having a body temperature that varies with the temperature of the environment, as in fishes
  2. (of persons) sensitive to cold (informal)
  3. (cold-bloodˈed) lacking in feeling
  4. (of persons or actions) hard-hearted

cold-bloodˈedly adverb

cold-bloodˈedness noun

cold boot noun (computing)

The rebooting of a machine by turning the power source off and on

cold-bootˈ transitive verb

cold cathode noun (elec)

An electrode from which electron emission results from high-potential gradient at the surface at normal temperatures

cold chisel noun

  1. A strong and finely-tempered chisel for cutting cold metal
  2. A tool used with a heavy hammer to cut or break stone, concrete, etc

cold comfort see under comfort

cold cream noun

A creamy ointment used to remove make-up or as a cooling or moisturizing dressing for the skin

transitive verb (informal)

To apply cold cream to

cold cuts plural noun

Slices of cold cooked meat

coldˈ-drawn adjective

  1. (of metal, wire, etc) drawn through a die without heating
  2. (of vegetable oil) subjected to pressure without heat

cold duck noun

A drink made from equal parts of champagne and burgundy

cold feet plural noun

  1. Loss of nerve
  2. Cooling-off of courage or ardour

cold fish noun

A person who shows no emotion

cold frame noun

A structure, usu of wood and glass and without artificial heat, for protecting young plants

cold front noun

The surface of an advancing mass of cold air where it meets a retreating mass of warmer air

cold fusion noun

Nuclear fusion without prior heating, ie effected at normal room temperature

cold harbour noun

A wayside travellers' shelter

cold-heartˈed adjective

  1. Lacking feeling
  2. Indifferent

cold-heartˈedly adverb

cold-heartˈedness noun

coldˈhouse noun

A plant frame or greenhouse, without artificial heat

cold light noun

Luminescence

cold-mouldˈed adjective

cold moulding noun

The moulding of articles using resins that polymerize chemically

cold pack noun

A wet pack prepared with cold water, to counteract fever, inflammation, etc

cold pig noun (informal)

An application of cold water to rouse a sleeper

coldˈ-rolled adjective

(of metal) rolled without heating

cold rubber noun

A hard-wearing synthetic rubber made at a temperature of 5ºC (41ºF)

coldˈ-short adjective

  1. Brittle when cold
  2. (of feelings) brittle, sensitive

cold-shouldˈer transitive verb

To give the cold shoulder to (see below)

cold slaw noun

Coleslaw

cold snap noun

A sudden short spell of cold weather

cold sore noun

A blister or group of blisters on or near the mouth, caused by a viral infection (herpes simplex)

cold start noun

  1. The reloading of a computer program (computing)
  2. The starting of an engine at the ambient temperature

cold steel noun

Cutting or stabbing weapons, as opposed to bullets

cold storage noun

  1. Storage and preservation of goods in refrigerating chambers
  2. Abeyance

cold table noun

A selection of cold meat and other food eaten in a formal setting

cold turkey noun

  1. Sudden withdrawal of narcotics
  2. The symptoms experienced by a drug user on such withdrawal (also figurative)
  3. The plain unvarnished truth

cold war noun

An intense, remorseless struggle for the upper hand by all means short of actual fighting, orig and esp as between the Communist and non-Communist powers after World War II

cold water noun

Water at its natural temperature in ordinary conditions

cold wave noun

  1. An artificial wave produced by a chemical solution (hairdressing)
  2. A sudden spell of cold weather over a large area

coldˈ-weld transitive verb

To force together (two like or unlike metals) so that normal oxide surface films are ruptured and adhesion occurs

cold welding noun

coldˈ-without noun

Brandy with cold water and no sugar

coldˈ-work transitive verb

To shape (metals) at or near atmospheric temperature by rolling, pressing, etc (cold work noun)

catch cold

  1. To contract a cold
  2. To make an unexpected loss

cold as charity

A proverbial phrase expressing ironically great coldness or indifference

cold dark matter

In cosmology, a material thought to be detectable in the microwave background of the universe whose existence may disprove the big-bang theory

come in from the cold

To gain acceptance or recognition after a period of isolation or neglect

give or show the cold shoulder

  1. To show studied indifference
  2. To give a rebuff

go cold (on)

  1. To lose enthusiasm for or interest in
  2. To peter out or disappear
  3. To fail to respond to

in a cold sweat

(as if) sweating with fear

in cold blood

With deliberate intent, not under the influence of passion

in the cold light of day see under day

leave one cold

To fail to impress

leave out in the cold

To neglect, ignore

out cold

Unconscious

pour or throw cold water on

To discourage

turn down cold

To refuse absolutely and immediately, allowing no discussion
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