pounced
past simple and past participle ofpounce
| 单词 | pounced |
| 释义 | pounced past simple and past participle ofpounce pounce verb[I] uk/paʊns/us/paʊns/tojumpormovequicklyinordertocatchor takeholdof something: Thecatsatin thetreereadyto pounceontheducksbelow. Thepolicewerewaitingto pounce when hearrivedat theairport. Synonym swoop to take hold of something thrown
Capturing or taking possession of things
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Hurrying and doing things quickly Jumping Phrasal verbpounce onsomething Examplesofpouncedpounced In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Criticspouncedon the novel for this focus on what was most "curious" and subjective about a physician's practice. From theCambridge English Corpus The editing is refreshingly open about ongoing differences of interpretation but might havepouncedharder on the considerable amounts of repetition between many of the papers. From theCambridge English Corpus Such a lapse is offensive to other employers who have beenpouncedon severely for defects in their administration of pay-as-you-earn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The media will havepouncedand alarm and despondency will be created along with a great deal of cost. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The third principle is that any technicality ispouncedon and used in order to defeat the road haulier. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Had she been here to listen to this discussion she would havepouncedon what has been said as being a wonderful opportunity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not surprising that issues, real and imaginary, arepouncedupon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Immediately, the plannerspouncedand finally ordered him to revert to own produce or close down. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They will be used in an escalating manner, so that lorry drivers and operators are not justpouncedon without warning, overnight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He was the person to bepouncedupon and to be deprived of his wealth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The method of selection of who is to bepouncedupon in the whole of the operation is difficult and questionable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a sparrow hawk in a tree which stayed for some time and every time he let his birds out the sparrow hawkpounced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is on this stretch of coast that industry haspounced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Why have they notpouncedupon him in the middle of the night and put him in gaol? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Immediately the two policemenpouncedupon him, and, twisting his arms round till he yelled with pain, hustled him out of the crowd. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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