- pursue in order to catch or catch up with追捕; 追赶：
police chased the stolen car through the city
警察穿越全城追赶被盗汽车
no obj. the dog chased after the stick.那条狗追着棍子。
- seek to attain寻求; 追求：
the team are chasing their first home win this season.
球队在追求本赛季首次主场胜利。
- seek the company of (a member of the opposite sex) in an obvious way追求（异性）：
playing football by day and chasing women by night
白天踢足球, 晚上追女人
no obj. René is always chasing after other women.勒内总在追求其他女人。
- with obj. and adverbial of direction drive or cause to go in a specified direction驱逐; 驱赶：
she chased him out of the house.
她将他赶出家门。
- no obj., with adverbial of direction rush or hurry in a specified direction（往某方向）冲; 赶路：
he chased down the motorway.
他沿着高速公路赶路。
- try to obtain (something owed or required)追讨：
the company employs people to chase up debts.
公司雇人来追讨债务。
- try to make contact with (someone) in order to obtain something owed or required向（某人）追讨：
chasing customers who had not paid their bills.
向没有付账的顾客追讨欠款。
- make further investigation of (an unresolved matter)追问; 追查：
be sure you chase up late invitation replies
务必查一下刚到的邀请答复
N. Amer. investigators got a warrant, but they didn't have time to chase down the case.
〈北美〉 调查员虽然取得了搜查令, 但没有时间追查这起案件。
- an act of pursuing someone or something追赶, 追逐, 追击：
they captured the youths after a brief chase.
经过一番短暂追逐, 他们捕获了那些青年。
- short for STEEPLECHASE.STEEPLECHASE的简写。
the chase
hunting as a sport追猎运动：she was an ardent follower of the chase.
她是追猎运动的热心分子。
- in place names Brit. an area of unenclosed land formerly reserved for hunting〈英〉（旧时）狩猎地; 猎场：
Cannock Chase.
坎诺克旧猎场。
- archaic a hunted animal〈古〉猎物。
beast（或bird）of the chase
- archaic an animal traditionally hunted for sport across open country〈古〉被追猎于旷野的动物。
chase the game
- (in soccer) adopt attacking tactics, especially at the risk of being vulnerable to counter-attack（足球用语）（尤指冒着被反击的危险）采取进攻战术。
give chase
- go in pursuit追赶, 追求, 追击。
go and chase oneself
- in imperative informal go away〈非正式〉滚开。
- engrave (metal, or a design on metal)雕刻（金属）; （在金属表面）雕镂（图案）：
a miniature container with a delicately chased floral design.
雕刻着精美花卉图案的小盒子。