chase

chase¹
verb
[with obj.]

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小汽车。
[no obj.]the dog chased after the stick.
那条狗在棍棒后追赶。
■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)(N. Amer.)
追问；追查(北美)
be sure you chase up late invitation replies .
务必查一下刚到的邀请答复。
investigators got a warrant, but they didn't have time to chase down the case .
调查员虽然取得了搜查令，但没有时间追查这起案件。

noun

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.
坎诺克蔡斯（旧猎场）。
■(archaic)a hunted animal
(古)猎物

常用词组
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

语源

Middle English: from Old French chacier (verb), chace (noun), based on Latin captare 'continue to take', from capere 'take'

chase²
verb

[with obj.][usu. as adj. chased]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。

语源

late Middle English: apparently from earlier enchase, from Old French enchasser

chase³
noun

(in letterpress printing) a metal frame for holding the composed type and blocks being printed at one time
（凸版印刷术）盛放排版完毕的活字和印版的金属框；活版架

语源

late 16th cent.: from French châsse, from Latin capsa 'box' (see case)

chase⁴
noun

the part of a gun enclosing the bore
枪管；炮筒
a groove or furrow cut in the face of a wall or other surface to receive a pipe
（凿于墙面等的）嵌管槽

语源

early 17th cent.: from French chas 'enclosed space', from Provençal cas, caus, from medieval Latin capsum 'thorax or nave of a church'

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