daddy-poppy's 藥學跟動物世界

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