pounce

詳細解釋：

pounce

v.（動詞）
pounced,pounc.ing,pounc.es
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To spring or swoop with intent to seize someone or something:
猛撲，猛衝：突然跳起或突然襲擊以抓住某人或某物：
例句：
a cat that pounced on a mouse; watched the falcon pounce on the baby rabbit.
猛地撲向老鼠的貓；注視著老鷹撲食幼兔

To attack suddenly:
突然襲擊：
例句：
irregular troops who pounced on the convoy at a narrow pass; a colleague who pounced on me because of a mistake in my report.
在狹窄的山隘處突然襲擊護送隊的非正規部隊；因我在報告中所犯的一個錯誤而猛烈攻擊我的一個同事

To seize something swiftly and eagerly:
掌握，抓住：迅速抓住某物，急切地抓住某物：
例句：
pounce on an opportunity.
掌握機會

v.tr.（及物動詞）
To seize with or as if with talons.
用爪抓住：用爪攫取或好象用爪攫取
n.（名詞）
The act or an instance of pouncing.
襲擊：猛撲的行為或實例
The talon or claw of a bird of prey.
爪：猛禽的爪子

來源：
From Middle English [pointed tool, talon of a hawk]
源自 中古英文 [尖利工具，鷹的爪子]
perhaps variant of ponson [pointed tool] * see puncheon
可能為 ponson的變體 [尖利工具] *參見 puncheon

【引伸】
pounc.er
n.（名詞）

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pounce
pounce 2

n.（名詞）
A fine powder formerly used to smooth and finish writing paper and soak up ink.
吸墨粉：原用作光滑和完成寫字紙的細粉末且可吸墨
A fine powder, such as pulverized charcoal, dusted over a stencil to transfer a design to an underlying surface.
印花粉：撒於鏤花模板上以便在其表面上印出圖案的細粉末，如磨碎的木炭粉
v.tr.（及物動詞）
pounced,pounc.ing,pounc.es
To sprinkle, smooth, or treat with pounce.
在…上撒吸墨粉：用吸墨粉噴灑、用吸墨粉使光滑或用吸墨粉處理
To transfer (a stenciled design) with pounce.
以印花粉印：用印花粉末轉印（鏤空模板花樣）

來源：
French ponce
法文 ponce
from Old French
源自 古法文
from Vulgar Latin *pômex pômic-
源自 俗拉丁語 *pômex pômic-
from Latin pômex [pumice]
源自 拉丁語 pômex [浮石]

【引伸】
pounc.er
n.（名詞）

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pounce
pounce 3

v.tr.（及物動詞）
pounced,pounc.ing,pounc.es
To ornament (metal, for example) by perforating from the back with a pointed implement.
從背面刺穿：用尖利的工具從背後穿孔以裝飾（如金屬）

來源：
Middle English pouncen
中古英文 pouncen
probably from Old French poinssonner
可能源自 古法文 poinssonner
from poinson [pointed tool] * see puncheon
源自 poinson [尖利的工具] *參見 puncheon