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| 1 | I/T to stop and hold something that is moving through the air , especially an object that someone throws 接住 |
| She tossed the packet of crisps to Kate, who caught it with one hand. 她把那包薯片扔给凯特，凯特一只手就把它接住了。 |
| ‘Can I borrow your pen?’ ‘Here, catch!’ “我可以借用你的钢笔吗？”“喏，接住！” |
| | 1a | T to stop and keep hold of someone who is falling 扶住（要倒的人） | | Anne stayed close enough to catch the child if he fell. 安就呆在旁边，如果孩子摔倒，她可以扶住他。 | |
| | 1b | T to end a cricketer’ s period of play by stopping and keeping hold of a ball they have hit before it touches the ground （板球中在球触地前）接住球使（击球手）出局 | |
| | 1c | I to be the catcher in baseball （棒球比赛中）充当接球手 | |
| | 1d | T if a container catches liquid or small objects or pieces, they fall into it when it is below them 接（水） | | Put a bucket over there to catch the drips as they fall. 把一只水桶放到那边去接滴下来的水。 | |
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| 2 | T to get hold of and stop someone you have been chasing so that they cannot escape 抓住；拦住 |
| She raced to catch the toddler before he could make it out of the front gate. 她赶在蹒跚学步的孩子迈出大门之前拦住了他。 |
| ‘Can’ t catch me’ , her brother shouted as he ran up the stairs. “抓不到我，”她哥哥一边往楼上跑一边喊道。 |
| | 2a | to take hold of someone or a part of their body with your hands 抓住；揪住 | | Jack caught her as she made for the door. 她朝门口冲出去时，杰克一把揪住了她。 | | catch sb by the wrist/elbow/sleeve etc With one swift movement, he caught her by the wrist. 他敏捷地一把抓住她的手腕。 | | catch hold of sb/sth She caught hold of his arm and pulled him back. 她抓住他的手臂，把他拉了回来。 | |
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| 3 | T if the police catch someone , they find them and arrest them （警察）捉住，逮住 |
| The police say they’ re doing all they can to catch the culprits. 警察说他们正在尽其所能逮捕罪犯。 |
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| 4 | T to get on a train , bus , plane , or boat that is travelling somewhere 搭乘（火车、公交车、飞机或轮船） |
| I caught the next train back to London. 我是搭乘后面一班火车回伦敦的。 |
| | 4a | to arrive in time to get on a train , bus , plane , or boat that is travelling somewhere 及时赶上 | | If we want to catch that bus we’ ll have to leave right now. 要想赶上那班公共汽车，我们现在就该出发了。 | | have a train/bus/plane etc to catch I have a train to catch, so we have to finish by 4.30. 我得赶火车，所以我们必须在4∶30之前结束。 | |
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| 5 | T to stop an animal , bird , or insect and prevent it from escaping, especially using a trap （尤指设置陷阱）捕捉 |
| a device used for catching flies 捕蝇器具 |
| We rescued a rabbit caught in a trap. 我们救了一只被困在陷阱里的兔子。 |
| | 5a | to hunt and stop an animal in order to kill and eat it 捕获；捕食 | | Wolves hunt in packs, using careful strategies to catch their prey. 狼通常是成群地觅食，用精心安排的策略捕获猎物。 | |
| | 5b | to get a fish from a river , lake , or sea , using a fishing net or rod 捕（鱼） | | Drift nets are used mainly for catching tuna. 流网主要用来捕捞金枪鱼。 | | freshly/locally caught freshly caught trout 刚捕获的鳟鱼 | |
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| 6 | T to find someone doing something that they do not expect you to see , especially something wrong or illegal 发现，发觉（某人做了错事或违法的事） |
| catch sb doing sth Several times she’ d caught him staring at her. 她好几次发现他盯着她看。 |
| catch sb red-handed (=find someone doing something wrong or illegal) Diana was caught red-handed taking money from her mother’ s purse. 当场撞见某人；当场抓住某人做坏事 |
| catch sb in the act (of doing sth) Burglars who are caught in the act have little chance of escaping punishment. 当场被抓的盗贼几乎逃脱不了惩罚。 |
| catch sb at it They’ ve been trying to catch her at it, but she’ s too clever. 他们一直想当场抓住她，但是她太聪明了。 |
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| 7 | T to find someone in a situation that they are not expecting or prepared for 发现对…无准备 |
| The railway companies had all been caught completely unprepared by the sudden snowfalls. 暴风雪突降让毫无准备的铁路公司全都措手不及。 |
| catch sb by surprise The question caught their spokesperson by surprise. 这个问题令他们的发言人措手不及。 |
| catch sb at a bad moment/time I’ ve obviously caught you at a bad moment. I’ ll come back later. 我显然来得不是时候，我过后再来吧。 |
| catch sb off (their) guard (=do something that someone is not ready for) Harry looked up suddenly, catching Emily off her guard. 让某人措手不及 |
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| 8 | T to see or smell something for a very short time （短暂地）看到，闻到 |
| catch a glimpse of sb/sth People lined the streets outside the theatre to catch a glimpse of her. 人们排队站在戏院外的街道上，就是为了看她一眼。 |
| catch sight of sb/sth As she went out, she caught sight of herself in the mirror. 她出去的时候看到了镜子中的自己。 |
| catch a whiff of sth (=smell something) Adam caught a whiff of expensive perfume as she passed by. 闻到 |
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| 9 | T to have a sudden effect on something such as someone’ s attention or imagination （突然）引起…的注意，吸引住，迷住 |
| Suddenly my attention was caught by a lorry parked a short distance ahead. 我的注意力突然被前面不远处停着的一辆卡车所吸引。 |
| His campaign seems to have caught the imagination of many other Germans. 他的竞选活动好像已经吸引了许多其他德国人。 |
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| 10 | T to get a disease or illness 染上（疾病） |
| He caught the flu and had to stay in bed. 他患了流感，只好卧床。 |
| catch sth from sb/sth Brian caught chickenpox from his nephew. 布赖恩是从他侄子那儿染上的水痘。 |
| catch your death (of cold) (=get a bad cold) Get out of those wet clothes or you’ ll catch your death of cold. 患重感冒 |
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| 11 | T usually in negatives or questions to hear something that someone says 听见 |
| The music was so loud I didn’ t catch what he said. 音乐声太大了，我没听见他说什么。 |
| I’ m sorry, I didn’ t catch your name. 对不起，我没听清你的名字。 |
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| 12 | T informal to find someone available to talk by going to or telephoning them at the place where they are 找到（某人） |
| Call me at the office. You can usually catch me there after 8.30. 打电话到我办公室。通常8∶30 以后你就可以找到我。 |
| Margaret caught me just as I was leaving. 我正要离开时，玛格丽特来找我了。 |
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| 13 | T to discover a problem or medical condition and stop it from becoming worse 及早发现（问题或病情） |
| Doctors assured her that her symptoms had been caught early enough to treat. 医生让她放心，说她的症状已被及早发现，还来得及治疗。 |
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| 14 | T informal to see , watch , or listen to something 看；听 |
| Want to catch a film tonight? 今晚想去看电影吗？ |
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| 15 | T usually passive to become unexpectedly involved in an unpleasant or annoying situation 遭遇；陷入（困境） |
| be caught in sth We were caught in a heavy storm. 我们遇到一场大暴风雨。 |
| Sorry I’ m late – I got caught in traffic. 对不起，我迟到了，我遇上塞车了。 |
| be/get caught up in sth She got caught up in a clash between protesters and police. 她被卷入抗议者和警方的冲突之中。 |
| be caught in the middle (=be involved in a disagreement between other people) My parents are always arguing, and it’ s me who gets caught in the middle. 被夹在中间 |
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| 16 | I/T to become stuck on something , or make something do this （被）钩住；（被）绊住 |
| As she ran, her foot caught on something and she fell. 她跑的时候脚被什么东西绊住，于是摔了一跤。 |
| I must have caught my shirt on a nail when I was moving that wood. 我的衬衣一定是在我搬木头的时候让钉子钩住了。 |
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| 17 | T if light catches something , or if something catches the light , the light shines on it and makes it look bright and shiny （光）照射于；受（光）照射 |
| A fish in the river catches the light one second and swims off into a dark pool the next. 河里的一条鱼闪现了一下，紧接着游到旁边的深水池里去了。 |
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| 18 | T if the wind or a wave catches something , it gets behind or under it and suddenly blows or pushes it hard （风）吹动；（浪）推动 |
| The balloon was caught by the wind and carried away. 气球被一阵风刮走了。 |
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| 19 | T usually passive if you are caught between two opposite feelings or actions, you do not know how to react to something 使进退两难 |
| We were caught between wanting to believe him and finding his story too unlikely for words. 我们不知该相信他还是该认为他的故事太离谱。 |
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| 20 | T to hit someone on a part of their body 打击；击中 |
| He caught his opponent with a right cross to the chin. 他一记右钩拳正中对手的下巴。 |
| | 20a | to hit part of your body on something by accident （偶然）撞到，磕到 | | Sue slipped in the yard and caught her head on the gate post. 苏在院子里滑倒了，头撞在门柱上。 | |
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| 21 | T to show or be a symbol of something 表现；象征着 |
| It wasn’ t a very radical or intellectual newspaper, but it caught a mood of dissent in mid-1950s America. 这家报纸并不是很激进，学术性也不强，但却揭示了20世纪50年代中期美国人的叛逆心理。 |
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| 22 | I/T to start to burn （使）着火 |
| The dry twigs soon caught fire. 枯枝很快就着火了。 |
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| - | be caught with your pants/trousers down informal
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| to be embarrassed by something that happens because you are not prepared for it |
| 让人措手不及 |
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| - | catch your breath
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| 1 | to stop breathing suddenly for a short time because you are surprised or impressed （因惊讶或感动而）屏息 | beautiful scenes that make you catch your breath 美得让你屏息的景色 | |
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| 2 | to take time to start to breathe normally again after physical exercise （运动后）喘气 | I had to stop about halfway up the hill and catch my breath. 我不得不在大约半山腰的地方停下来喘口气。 | |
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| - | catch sb’ s eye
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| 1 | if something catches your eye , you suddenly notice it 突然吸引某人的注意 | There was one painting that caught my eye. 有一幅画突然吸引了我。 | |
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| 2 | to get someone’ s attention by looking at them 引起某人的注意 | He tried to catch the attendant’ s eye but the man was already turning away. 他试图引起服务员的注意，但那人已经转过身去了。 | |
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| - | catch the post BRITISH
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| to post a letter in time for the next collection |
| 赶上邮局收信的时间 |
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| - | catch some rays spoken
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| to lie in the sun for pleasure or to make your skin darker |
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| - | catch the sun
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| 1 | to be in a sunny position 有阳光照射 |
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| 2 | BRITISH informal to get red painful skin because of being in the sun for too long 被晒伤 |
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| - | catch you later spoken
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| used for saying goodbye to someone when you expect to see them soon , or later the same day |
| 回头见；一会儿见 |
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| - | you won’ t/wouldn’ t catch sb doing sth
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| used for saying that it is very unlikely that someone will or would do something |
| 某人不可能做某事 |
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| You wouldn’ t catch me taking work home every night. 我不可能每天晚上都把工作带回家去做。 |
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| - | ˈcatch at |
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| | catch at sth: to reach out and try to get hold of something 伸手去抓 | He caught at her arm as she tried to move away. 她要走开时他伸手去抓她的手臂。 | |
| - | ˌcatch ˈon |
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| 1 | to become popular or fashionable 受欢迎；变得流行 | Sports drinks have caught on as consumers have become more health-conscious. 随着消费者健康意识的增强，运动型饮料开始流行起来。 | |
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| 2 | to understand 理解；明白 | He didn’ t catch on at first. 一开始他并没有理解。 | | +to Then I caught on to what it was the man was saying. 然后我才弄清那人在说什么。 | |
| - | ˌcatch ˈout |
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| 1 | to show that someone has made a mistake or is not telling the truth , especially by asking them questions （尤指通过提问）揭露（某人犯了错误或说谎） | He asked her casual questions, less from genuine interest than to see if he could catch her out. 他随便问了她几个问题，并不是真正感兴趣，而是想让她露出马脚。 | |
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| 2 | usually passive to put someone in an unpleasant or difficult situation that they are not prepared for 使某人措手不及 | They came close to being caught out by the weather during another climb on Mont Blanc. 在另一次爬勃朗山时，他们差点因天气而落得个措手不及。 | |
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| - | ˌcatch ˈup |
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| 1 | I/T catch sb/sth up: to go faster so that you reach the person or vehicle in front of you 赶上（某人或车辆） | We left before them, but they soon caught us up again. 我们先于他们动身，但他们很快就又赶上来了。 | | +with If you hurry, you should catch up with them at the bridge. 你如果快点，应该能在桥边赶上他们。 | |
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| 2 | I/T catch sb/sth up: to improve in order to reach the same standard or rate as someone or something （在水平或速度方面）赶上，与…并驾齐驱 | He’ s missed so much school that he’ s going to find it hard to catch up. 他漏了很多课，要想赶上将很困难。 | | +with Pressure grew for salaries to catch up with inflation. 为了与通货膨胀保持同一水平，加薪的压力增大了。 | |
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| 3 | I to do something that should have been done before 补做；赶着做 | The deadline’ s tomorrow. How are we ever going to catch up in time? 明天就是最后期限了，我们怎么样才能及时赶出来呢？ | | +on I just want to go home and catch up on some sleep. 我只想回家好好补睡一觉。 | | +with Staff are struggling to catch up with the backlog. 员工们都在努力赶着把积压的工作做完。 | |
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| 4 | I to talk to someone you have not seen for some time and find out what they have been doing 通过交谈了解彼此的近况 | Come over tomorrow and we can catch up. 明天过来，我们可以聊聊最近的情况。 | | +with I’ ll catch up with you another time, Kevin. 凯文，我改天要和你好好聊一聊。 | | It’ ll give them a chance to talk and catch up with all their news. 这会给他们一个聊天的机会，交流各自的消息。 | |
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| 1 | to find and arrest someone who has committed a crime after searching for them or chasing them 逮捕；抓获 | The police will catch up with you sooner or later. 警察迟早会把你捉拿归案的。 | |
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| 2 | to begin to have an effect on someone 开始对…产生影响 | The lack of sleep caught up with her, and she began to doze off. 睡眠不足开始影响她了，她打起了瞌睡。 | |
| See also | | - hop 2 | | - rock 1 | | - short 2 | |
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