三態 catch-caught-caught
☛ catch
catch 捕捉、逮到 If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device
They were happy because they had caught a lot of fish that day
Police say they are confident of catching the gunman
➢ 用在捕捉動物或海鮮、抓捕犯人
✔ be confident of 有信心...
catch 接住
I managed to catch the glass before it hit the ground
✔ manage to 試圖
catch 握住、抓住(某人的身體) If you catch a part of someone's body, you take or seize it with your hand, often in order to stop them going somewhere
Peter caught his arm
catch 搭乘交通工具(有趕上的意味) When you catch a bus, train, or plane, you get on it in order to travel somewhere
If we don't hurry up,we won't catch the train
➢ catch a bus / train / plane 搭乘巴士、火車、飛機
catch 撞見、當場抓住 If you catch someone doing something wrong, you see or find them doing it
He caught her reading his old lover's letters
➢ caught someone doing something wrong 當場看見某人正在做壞事
catch 吸引 If something catches your attention or your eye , you notice it or become interested in it
My shoes caught his attention
➢ catch attention = catch eye
catch 試圖聽見 to manage to hear something
I couldn't catch what the announcer said,with all the other noise going on
☛ 片語
catch someone off guard 措手不及 to surprise someone by doing something that they are not expecting or ready for
The news caught her completely off guard,she didn't know what to say
The journalist caught the star off guard with a personal question
catch breath 喘口氣、休息
I had to stop running to catch my breath
After the game,the swimmer stopped to catch their breath
✔ stop+V-ing 停止做某件事情 / stop to+V 停下來去做某件事情
catch red-handed 當場逮到(某人做壞事) to find someone in the act of doing something illegal
Jim was caught red-handed playing Pokémon while driving
⊙ catch up
catch up (+with) 追上、趕上(人) If you catch up with someone who is in front of you, you reach them by walking faster than they are walking
Tom stopped to wait for Susan to catch up
catch up(+with) 趕上(進度、水平) To catch up with someone means to reach the same standard, stage, or level that they have reached
He was off school for a while and is finding it hard to catch up
catch up (+on) 了解近況 If you catch up on friends who you have not seen for some time or on their lives, you talk to them and find out what has happened in their lives since you last talked together
The ladies spent some time catching up on each other's health and families
➢ catch up on+(朋友的近況、最近的生活等...)
⊙ catch on
catch on 流行 If something catches on, it becomes popular
Pokémon Go is really catching on in Taiwan now
catch on (終於...)明白、了解
He doesn't take hints very easily,but he'll catch on(to what you're saying)eventually
✔ take hint 了解暗示
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