bounce
verb/baʊns/
/baʊns/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they bounce | /baʊns/ /baʊns/ |
| he / she / it bounces | /ˈbaʊnsɪz/ /ˈbaʊnsɪz/ |
| past simple bounced | /baʊnst/ /baʊnst/ |
| past participle bounced | /baʊnst/ /baʊnst/ |
| -ing form bouncing | /ˈbaʊnsɪŋ/ /ˈbaʊnsɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] if something bounces or you bounce it, it moves quickly away from a surface it has just hit or you make it do this
（使）弹起，弹跳；反射 - The ball bounced twice before he could reach it.
球弹跳两次他才接到。 - bounce off something Short sound waves bounce off even small objects.
短声波即使遇到小物体都会产生回音。 - The light bounced off the river and dazzled her.
河面上银波粼粼，令她目眩。 - + adv./prep. The ball bounced high and she missed it.
球弹得很高，她没有接住。 - bounce something (against/on/off something) She bounced the ball against the wall.
她对着墙打球。
Extra Examples- The stone hit the window but bounced off.
石头打中了窗户但是弹开了。 - (figurative) The idea had been bouncing around in my head for some time.
有一段时间，这个念头一直在我的头脑里挥之不去。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- high
- back
- off
- …
- against
- around
- down
- …
- The ball bounced twice before he could reach it.
- [intransitive] bounce (up and down) (on something) (of a person) to jump up and down on something
（在…上）跳动，蹦 - She bounced up and down excitedly on the bed.
她兴奋地在床上蹦蹦跳跳。
- She bounced up and down excitedly on the bed.
- [transitive] bounce somebody (up and down) (on something) to move a child up and down while they are sitting on your knee in order to entertain them
当孩子坐在你的膝盖上时，上下移动孩子以娱乐他们 - I bounced the baby on my knee while Pete did the dishes.
皮特洗碗时，我把孩子抱在膝盖上。
- I bounced the baby on my knee while Pete did the dishes.
- [intransitive, transitive] bounce (something) (up and down) to move up and down; to move something up and down
（使）上下晃动 - Her hair bounced as she walked.
她走起路来头发上下晃动。
- Her hair bounced as she walked.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move up and down in a particular direction
（朝某个方向）颠簸行进 - The bus bounced down the hill.
公共汽车颠簸着开下山去。 - The car bounced its way along the dirt road.
汽车沿着土路颠簸行驶。
- The bus bounced down the hill.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (of a person) to move somewhere in a lively and cheerful way
活泼兴奋地走，蹦蹦跳跳地去（到某处） - He bounced across the room to greet them.
他兴奋地冲过房间去迎接他们。
- He bounced across the room to greet them.
- [intransitive, transitive] bounce (something) (informal) if a cheque bounces, or a bank bounces it, the bank refuses to accept it because there is not enough money in the bank account to pay it
（支票等）被拒付退回；拒付，退回（支票等） - [transitive] bounce ideas (off somebody)/(around) to tell somebody your ideas in order to find out what they think about them
（向某人）试探地透露（主意） - He bounced ideas off colleagues everywhere he went.
他在同事中逢人便试探地大讲他的想法。
- He bounced ideas off colleagues everywhere he went.
- [intransitive, transitive] bounce (something) (back) if an email bounces or the system bounces it, it returns to the person who sent it because the system cannot deliver it
（电子邮件）被退回；退回（电子邮件） - I tried to send her an email but it bounced.
我试图给她发一封电子邮件，但被退回了。 - The system automatically bounces emails which contain attachments.
系统会自动退回包含附件的电子邮件。
- I tried to send her an email but it bounced.
- [transitive] bounce somebody (from something) (especially North American English, informal) to force somebody to leave a job, team, place, etc.
解雇；开除；撵走；逐出 - He was soon bounced from the post.
他不久被解职。
- He was soon bounced from the post.
- [intransitive] (informal) to leave a place or group of people
解雇；开除；撵走；逐出 - All right, cool, we'll bounce.
好吧，酷，我们会反弹。
- All right, cool, we'll bounce.
move off surface
move up and down
move with energy
cheque
ideas
computing
make somebody leave
leave
Word OriginMiddle English bunsen ‘beat, thump’, perhaps imitative, or from Low German bunsen ‘beat’, Dutch bons ‘a thump’.
Idioms
be bouncing off the walls
- (informal) to be so full of energy or so excited that you cannot keep still
精力充沛得待不住；激动得难以平静 - The kids have been bouncing off the walls all day.
孩子们一整天都在墙上弹跳。
- The kids have been bouncing off the walls all day.