cap·ture
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/ |
- 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
俘虏；俘获；捕获 - Allied troops captured over 300 enemy soldiers.
盟军俘虏了 300 多名敌方士兵。 - The animals are captured in nets and sold to local zoos.
那些动物用网捕获后被卖到当地的动物园。
- Allied troops captured over 300 enemy soldiers.
- capture something to take control of a place, building, etc. using force
用武力夺取；攻取；攻占 - The city was captured in 1941.
这座城市于 1941 年被攻占。
- The city was captured in 1941.
- capture something to succeed in getting control or possession of something that other people are also trying to get
夺得；赢得；争得 - The company has captured 90 per cent of the market.
这家公司已取得九成的市场份额。 - He captured the world championship title in 2018.
他于2018年获得了世界冠军头衔。
- The company has captured 90 per cent of the market.
- to make somebody interested in something
引起（兴趣） - The project has captured the imagination of the local public.
这个项目引发了当地公众的遐想。 - His story captured the attention of Hollywood.
他的故事引起了好莱坞的注意。
- The project has captured the imagination of the local public.
- capture something to succeed in accurately expressing a feeling, an atmosphere, etc. in a picture, piece of writing, film, etc.
（用图画、文章、电影等准确地）表达，刻画，描述 - Her photos capture the essence of her subjects.
她的照片捕捉到了拍摄对象的本质。 - The song captures the spirit of those times.
这首歌抓住了那个时代的精神。 - They have captured a moment in people's lives.
他们捕捉到了人们生活中的某个时刻。
Extra Examples- That description captures perfectly the feeling of being invisible.
那个描述十分准确地记录了隐身的感觉。 - The article captured the mood of the nation.
这篇文章抓住了全国人民的情绪。 - The exhibition on India fails to capture the great diversity of this fascinating country.
那个关于印度的展览并没有展示出这个迷人国度的多姿多彩。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- perfectly
- beautifully
- …
- try to
- be able to
- manage to
- …
- Her photos capture the essence of her subjects.
- to photograph, film, record, paint, etc. somebody/something
拍摄；录制；绘制 - capture something The photographer's camera captures images of extreme beauty.
摄影师用镜头捕捉美到极致的画面。 - capture somebody/something on something The attack was captured on film by security cameras.
袭击事件已被保安摄像机拍摄下来。
- capture something The photographer's camera captures images of extreme beauty.
- capture somebody’s heart to make somebody love you
赢得（某人）的爱 - capture something to put something into a computer in a form it can use
把…输入计算机；采集
catch
take control
make somebody interested
feeling/atmosphere
film/record/paint
somebody’s heart
computing
Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a noun): from French, from Latin captura, from capt- ‘seized, taken’, from the verb capere.