catch

詳細解釋：

catch

v.（動詞）
caught[kôt] catch.ing,catch.es
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To capture or seize, especially after a chase.
捕捉，拿獲：捕捉或抓住，特別是經過追捕以後
To take by or as if by trapping or snaring.
誘捕：通過或好象通過圈套或羅網逮著

To discover or come upon suddenly, unexpectedly, or accidentally:
撞見：突然地、出乎意料地或偶然地發現或碰見：
例句：
He was caught in the act of stealing.
他在行竊時被當場抓到

To become cognizant or aware of suddenly:
突然間知道或意識到：
例句：
caught her gazing out the window.
突然意識到她正在注視窗外

To take hold of, especially forcibly or suddenly; grasp:
用力抓住，握住：抓住，特別是有力地或突然地；握住：
例句：
caught me by the arm; caught the reins.
抓住我的胳膊；抓住韁繩

To grab so as to stop the motion of:
抓住使停止：抓握以便阻止某物的運動：
例句：
catch a ball.
接住球

To overtake:
趕上，超前：
例句：
The green car caught me on the straightaway.
那輛綠卡車在直路上超過了我

To reach just in time; take:
及時到達；趕得上：
例句：
caught the bus to town; catch a wave.
趕上了去城裡的汽車；趕上了波浪

To hold, as by snagging or entangling.
絆住，鉤住：像被纏住或揪住般抓住
To cause to become suddenly or accidentally hooked, entangled, or fastened:
意外鉤住，意外絆住：使得突然地或偶然地被鉤住、纏住或扣住：
例句：
caught my hem on the stair.
我的衣襟被鉤在樓梯上

To hold up; delay:
堵塞；延誤：
例句：
was caught in traffic for an hour.
交通堵塞耽誤了一小時

To hit; strike:
擊；打：
例句：
a punch that caught me in the stomach.
打在我肚子上的一拳

To check (oneself) during an action:
行動停止，中止動作：某項行為過程中阻止（自己）：
例句：
I caught myself before replying.
在答覆前我頓了一下

To become subject to or to contract, as by exposure to a pathogen:
罹患，感染：因暴露於病原體中而變得易患…或易感染…：
例句：
catch a cold.
傷風

To become affected by or infused with:
被…影響或充滿…：
例句：
caught the joyous mood of the festival.
被節日的歡樂氣氛所感染

To suffer from the receipt of (criticism, for example):
遭受到（如批評）：
例句：
caught hell for being late.
因為遲到而遭到責罵

To take or get suddenly, momentarily, or quickly:
突然得到，迅速得到：突然地、片刻地或快速地得到或獲取：
例句：
We caught a glimpse of the monarch. I caught a hint of sarcasm in your response.
我們只瞥了國王一眼。從你的反應中我感到了一些諷刺的意味

To grasp mentally; apprehend:
在精神上把握；理解：
例句：
I don`t catch your meaning.
我不明白你的意思

To apprehend and reproduce accurately by or as if by artistic means:
描繪，再現：通過或似乎通過藝術的方式領會並準確地理解和複製：
例句：
an impressionist who caught the effects of wind and water in his paintings.
一位在他的畫作中表達了風和水的效果的印象派畫家

To attract and fix; arrest:
吸引並使其固定；捕獲：
例句：
couldn`t catch their attention; caught the teacher`s eye.
無法吸引他們的注意；引起了老師的注意

To charm; captivate.
迷惑；迷住

Informal To go to see (a performance, for example):
【非正式用語】 看錶演：前往觀看（如演出）：
例句：
caught the midnight show.
去看午夜演出

To get (something required), usually quickly or for a brief period:
取得：得到（需要的東西），通常是迅速地或只為一個短時期：
例句：
catch some sleep.
打個盹

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To become held, entangled, or fastened:
使抓緊、捲入或繫緊：
例句：
My coat caught in the car door.
我的衣服被車門夾住了

To act or move so as to hold or grab someone or something:
搶取，抓取：為抓住或抱住某人或某物而作的行為或移動：
例句：
tried to catch at the life preserver.
試圖抓住救生用具

To be communicable or infectious; spread.
傳染，傳播：成為可傳播的或可傳染的；傳播
To ignite:
燃著：
例句：
The fire caught.
著火了

Baseball To act as catcher.
【棒球】 當棒球捕手
n.（名詞）
The act of catching; a taking and holding.
接，抓：接的動作；拿或握
Something that catches, especially a device for fastening or for checking motion.
門閂，鉤子：可鉤住的物體，特別是用於拴緊東西或控制運動狀態的裝置

Something caught:
捕獲物：
例句：
The mistake you found was a good catch.
你發現的錯誤是一個大發現

Informal One, such as a person or thing, that is worth catching.
【非正式用語】 值得獵取的人或物
Sports
【體育運動】
The grabbing and holding of a thrown, kicked, or batted ball before it hits the ground.
接球：在一個被擲出、踢出或拍打的球落地前抓握住它的動作
A game of throwing and catching a ball.
投接球的遊戲
A quantity that is caught:
捕獲量：
例句：
The catch amounted to 50 fish.
捕獲的魚達到50條

A choking or stoppage of the breath or voice.
哽噎：呼吸或聲音的哽塞或阻塞
A stop or break in the operation of a mechanism.
運作中斷：停止或中斷機械的運行
Informal A tricky or previously unsuspected condition or drawback:
【非正式用語】 陷阱，欺詐：蹊蹺的或先前無嫌疑的條件或困難：
例句：
It sounds like a good offer, but there may be a catch.
這聽起來是個好的建議，但其中可能有詐

A snatch; a fragment.
片段；部分
Music A canonical, often rhythmically intricate composition for three or more voices, popular especially in the 7th and 8th centuries.
【音樂】 輪唱：一種規範的，經常是由三種或三種以上聲音構成的有韻律的複雜曲目，在7和8世紀尤其流行

<常用詞組>catch on
To understand; perceive.
理解；察覺
To become popular:
變得流行：
例句：
Skateboarding caught on quickly.
滑板運動很快就流行起來

catch out
To detect (another) in the act or process of wrongdoing.
偵測錯誤：偵測（另一人）正在犯錯的行為或過程
catch up
To snatch:
搶奪：
例句：
The mugger caught the wallet up and fled.
匪徒搶了錢夾並逃走了

To detect (another) in a mistake or wrongdoing:
指出錯誤，指出差錯：指出（另一人）錯誤或差錯：
例句：
Auditors caught up with the embezzler.
查帳員查出了那個侵占公款者

To come up from behind; overtake.
超過：從後面趕上來；超過
To become involved with, often unwillingly:
牽涉，牽連：被捲入，經常是不情願地：
例句：
was caught up in the scandal.
涉及醜聞

To captivate; enthrall:
著迷；吸引住：
例句：
I was caught up in the mood of the evening.
我沉醉在夜晚的情調中

To bring up to date; brief:
簡要介紹；簡述：
例句：
Let me catch you up on all the gossip.
讓我把所有的流言蜚語簡要地說給你

To bring an activity nearer to completion:
使接近：將一項工作引向接近完成：
例句：
I must catch up on my correspondence.
我必須儘快寫完我的回信

<習慣用語>catch fire
To ignite.
燃著
To become very enthusiastic.
變得十分熱情
To become the subject of great interest and widespread enthusiasm:
成為狂熱的對象：成為巨大的興趣和普遍的熱情的對象：
例句：
an idea that caught fire all over the country.
一個引起舉國狂熱的想法

catch it【非正式用語】
To receive a punishment or scolding.
接受懲罰或責備
catch (one`s) breath
To rest so as to be able to continue an activity.
喘口氣，休息一下：為繼續從事項活動而休息
來源：
Middle English cacchen
中古英文 cacchen
from Old North French cachier [to chase]
源自 古法國北方方言 cachier [追逐]
from Latin capt3re [frequentative of] capere [to seize] * see kap-
源自 拉丁語 capt3re [] capere的重複動詞 [抓住] *參見 kap-

【引伸】
catch.able
adj.（形容詞）
<參考辭彙><同義詞>catch,enmesh,ensnare,entangle,entrap,snare,tangle,trapThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to take in and hold as if by using bait or a lure.:
這些動詞所共有的中心意義是.象使用魚餌一樣欺騙並捕獲.：
例句：
caught in her own lies;
被她自己的謊言所蒙蔽；

例句：
enmeshed in the neighbors` dispute;
陷入鄰居間的爭端；

例句：
ensnaring an unsuspecting dupe with fast talk;
用迅速的談話糾纏一個輕信的受騙人；

例句：
became entangled in his own contradictions;
作繭自縛；

例句：
entrapped by a skillful interviewer into making a damaging statement;
為狡猾的提問人所誘導而發表的不利言論；

例句：
snared by false hopes;
被虛假的希望所迷惑；

例句：
tangled by his own duplicity;
為他自己的騙局所困撓；

例句：
trapped into making an incriminating admission.
受算計而做了有罪的許可