catch on
phrasal verbwithcatchverbuk/kætʃ/us/kætʃ/caught|caught
(BECOME POPULAR)
C1
tobecomefashionableorpopular:
变得流行;变得受欢迎Iwonderif thegamewillevercatchon withyoungpeople?我想知道这个游戏会不会在年轻人当中流行开来?
Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
- A game
- accomplish
- achieve
- acquit
- actualize
- bear
- go (like/down) a bombidiom
- go from strength to strengthidiom
- go into orbitidiom
- go placesidiom
- go the whole hogidiom
- grade
- kill
- rise
- sewsomethingup
- slam dunk
- smash itidiom
- somewhere
- stand out
- streak ahead
(UNDERSTAND)
C2informal
tounderstand,especiallyafter alongtime:
(尤指很久以后才)理解,领会He doesn't takehintsveryeasily, but he'llcatchon (towhat you're saying)eventually.他不太会察言观色,不过最终还是会明白(你所说的话)的。
Understanding and comprehending
- apprehend
- apprehensible
- apprehension
- astutely
- atyourfingertipsidiom
- connection
- figure
- hold
- keepsomeoneup
- know a hawk from a handsawidiom
- know the scoreidiom
- know/see wheresomeoneis coming fromidiom
- latch
- scale
- uncomprehendingly
- understand
- voice recognition
- wake up tosomething
- wisdom
- wise