in·ter·cept
verb/ˌɪntəˈsept/
/ˌɪntərˈsept/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they intercept | /ˌɪntəˈsept/ /ˌɪntərˈsept/ |
| he / she / it intercepts | /ˌɪntəˈsepts/ /ˌɪntərˈsepts/ |
| past simple intercepted | /ˌɪntəˈseptɪd/ /ˌɪntərˈseptɪd/ |
| past participle intercepted | /ˌɪntəˈseptɪd/ /ˌɪntərˈseptɪd/ |
| -ing form intercepting | /ˌɪntəˈseptɪŋ/ /ˌɪntərˈseptɪŋ/ |
- intercept somebody/something to stop somebody/something that is going from one place to another from arriving
拦截；拦阻；截住 - Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave the hotel.
他正要离开旅馆，记者们把他拦截住了。 - The letter was intercepted.
信被截查了。 - Hurst intercepted a pass intended for Julio Jones.
赫斯特拦截了传给胡里奥·琼斯的传球。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryIntercept is used with these nouns as the object:- call
- communication
- correspondence
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (in the senses ‘contain between limits’ and ‘halt (an effect)’): from Latin intercept- ‘caught between’, from the verb intercipere, from inter- ‘between’ + capere ‘take’. - Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave the hotel.