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单词 pounce
释义
pounce
verb[I]
uk
/paʊns/us
/paʊns/
tojumpormovequicklyinordertocatchor takeholdof something:
猛扑，猛冲，突然袭击
Thecatsatin thetreereadyto pounceontheducksbelow.树上的猫准备扑向下面的鸭子。
Thepolicewerewaitingto pounce when hearrivedat theairport.他到达机场时，警方正等着抓他。
Synonym
swoop
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to take hold of something thrown
  • catchCatch the ball!
  • pounceThe veteran striker pounced and lashed home a goal.
  • snagUSHe snagged the line drive for the last out in the inning.
  • gloveIt's a pop fly to left field, and the outfielder gloves it easily.
  • interceptShe intercepted the pass and scored a goal.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Capturing or taking possession of things
  • -grabbing
  • apprehend
  • apprehension
  • arrogate
  • at bayidiom
  • cage
  • capture
  • catch
  • clutch
  • collar
  • corner
  • entangle
  • get/lay/putyourhands onsomeoneidiom
  • grab
  • grabber
  • repo man
  • seize
  • sequester
  • sequestration
  • snag
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Hurrying and doing things quickly
Jumping

Phrasal verb

pounce onsomething
(Definition ofpouncefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

pounce| American Dictionary

pounce
verb[I]
us
/pɑʊns/
toattacksuddenly,esp. byjumpingorflyingdown tocatchor takeholdof something or someone:
Themountainlionpounced onto the back of anelk.
(Definition ofpouncefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpounce

pounce
By pouncing he could then reproduce the same drawing elsewhere, as many times as he liked.
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Critics pounced on the novel for this focus on what was most "curious" and subjective about a physician's practice.
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Within-species interactions were somewhat more common, consisting of displacements of feeding individuals by lunging or pouncing.
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The playing is breathtaking, repeatedly pouncing on the impossible and shaping it into a compelling experience.
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A computer will never understand, but it can be trained to supply a checking mechanism that will relentlesslypounceupon problematic patterns.
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It looks like a delicious irony, and the enemies of global capitalism are pouncing gleefully upon it.
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Bass centres the sound, rhythm pounces, and the record is happening.
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The editing is refreshingly open about ongoing differences of interpretation but might have pounced harder on the considerable amounts of repetition between many of the papers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In the guise of stewards, the blackshirts were there topouncequickly, and there was little evidence of the spirit of forbearance.
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He was quick topounceon anyone who dared to mispronounce the name of his beloved constituency, which is of course pronounced "langbath".
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Such a lapse is offensive to other employers who have been pounced on severely for defects in their administration of pay-as-you-earn.
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They have been constantly out over the sea, waiting topounceupon enemy warships and shipping.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They allow the delivery to take place in order to discover to whom they are going, and then theypounceand arrest that person.
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Now, however, the whole country is at risk in having thispounce-back operation performed upon it.
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The media will have pounced and alarm and despondency will be created along with a great deal of cost.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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