catch

catch

[kætʃ]

v.赶上, 抓住, 捕捉, 领会
n.捕捉, 捕获物, 陷阱

例句与用法:

I don't catch your meaning.

我不明白你的意思。

Her dress caught on a nail.

她的衣服让钉子给钩住了。

We're just in time to catch the train.

我们正好赶上了火车。

It's noisy and I can't catch a word.

太吵了,我一句话也没有听清。

That's a nice catch.

那球接得好。

词形变化:

形容词: catchable | 动词过去式: caught | 动词过去分词: caught | 动词现在分词: catching | 动词第三人称单数: catches |


vt.

1. 接住, 抓住

I'll throw the ball and you catch it.

我扔球你接。

2. 逮住, 捕获

The policeman caught the thief.

警察逮住了小偷。

3. 撞见, 偶然发觉[O4]

The police caught him stealing a car.

他正在偷汽车时被警察撞见。

4. 赶上

I don't know whether we can catch the train.

我不知道能否赶得上火车。

5. 染上(疾病), 感染; 着(火)

She must have caught the disease from him.

她准是从他那里传染上这病的。

6. 钩住, 卡住, 夹住[(+on/in)]

She caught her finger in the door.

她的一只手指被门夹住了。

7. 引起(注意等); 吸引, 迷住

I tried to catch his attention.

我设法引起他的注意。

8. 理解; 听清楚[W]

Robbie didn't catch what the teacher said.

罗比没有听清楚老师说的话。

9. (传神地)描绘, 再现

The painting catches the beauty of the Rockies perfectly.

这幅画完美地再现了落基山脉之美。

10. 【棒】给(特定的投手)当捕手[H][(+out)]

11. 打, 打中[O]

The stone caught him on the leg.

石块击中他的腿。

vi.

1. 被钩住, 被卡住, 被夹住

The kite caught in the electric wires.

风筝钩在电线上了。

2. 燃烧起来

The match won't catch.

这火柴擦不着。

3. (锁等)锁住; (引擎等)发动

The lock does not catch.

这锁锁不上。

4. (声音)哽塞

Her voice caught in her throat.

她喉咙哽住说不出话来。

5. 【棒】充当捕手

n.

1. 抓住, 捕捉; 接球[C]

The center fielder made a great catch.

中间手接了一记非常漂亮的球。

2. 捕获物(或量)[C]

The fisherman had a good catch.

渔夫捕到许多鱼。

3. 窗钩, 门扣; 把手[C]

4. 【口】圈套; 隐藏的困难[C]

There must be a catch to that last question.

最后那个问题里面一定有圈套。

5. 接球游戏[U]

a.

1. 吸引人的; 使人感兴趣的

Advertisements often contain catch phrases.

广告中常出现妙句。

2. 使人感到为难的, 引人上当的

That's really a catch question.

那确实是一道刁钻的题目。


短语词组:

catch at

1. 试图抓住

The boy caught at the ball but missed it.

男孩想去接球, 但却没有接住。

2. 拼命抓; 渴望得到

A drowning man will catch at a straw.

溺水的人连稻草也要死命抓住。

catch it

1. 受责挨骂

You'd better hurry home. You'll catch it from father if you're late.

你快回家吧。回去晚的话, 会挨爸爸骂的。

catch on

1. 抓牢

The girl kept catching on to her mother's skirt.

小女孩一直紧紧地拉着妈妈的裙子。

2. 理解

I don't quite catch on to what she is saying.

我不太明白她在说些什么。

3. 流行

It is a nice song and I think it will catch on quickly.

这首歌很好, 我想它会很快流行起来。

catch sb. red-handed

1. 当场抓住

The robbers were all caught red-handed by the police.

所有盗贼都被警察当场抓住。

catch up

1. 很快拾起

The thief caught up the money and ran away.

小偷一把抓起钱, 逃之夭夭。

2. 赶上

They started a few minutes ago, and we must hurry to catch up.

他们几分钟前已出发, 我们必须赶紧追上。

3. 缠住

It seemed that she was always caught up in the household.

看来她总是家务缠身。

catch up on

1. 得到……消息

I'm afraid I can't catch up on how things are in that area.

我恐怕不能及时得到关于那个地区的消息。

2. 赶完; 弥补

I had to comfort my girlfriend until late last night, so I've got to catch up on my homework.

昨晚我安慰女友到很晚才回家, 因此今天我必须把功课补上。

You'll have to catch up on your studies in the holidays.

你要在假期里补功课。

catch up to

1. 赶上

Jane ran hard and tried to catch up to her friends.

简拼命奔跑, 试图赶上她的朋友们。

catch up with

1. 赶上

Let's hurry and catch up with the group ahead.

我们快点, 赶上前面的那一伙人。

2. 对……产生预期的坏影响(或恶果)

Smoking will catch up with you sooner or later.

吸烟迟早会使你受害不浅。


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