maybe he couldn't catch his flight翻译一下!

也许他赶不上航班了

catch

[kAtF]

捕捉, 捕获物, (窗)钩

捕获, 赶上(车船等), 发觉, 感染（疾病）

vi.

抓住，燃着

catch

AHD:[k?ch, k?ch]

D.J.[k#t., ket.]

K.K.[k#t., kWt.]

v.（动词）

caught[k?t] catch.ing， catch.es

v.tr.（及物动词）

To capture or seize, especially after a chase.

捕捉，拿获：捕捉或抓住，特别是经过追捕以后

To take by or as if by trapping or snaring.

诱捕：通过或好象通过圈套或罗网逮着

To discover or come upon suddenly, unexpectedly, or accidentally:

撞见：突然地、出乎意料地或偶然地发现或碰见：

He was caught in the act of stealing.

他在行窃时被当场抓到

To become cognizant or aware of suddenly:

突然间知道或意识到：

caught her gazing out the window.

突然意识到她正在注视窗外

To take hold of, especially forcibly or suddenly; grasp:

用力抓住，握住：抓住，特别是有力地或突然地；握住：

caught me by the arm; caught the reins.

抓住我的胳膊；抓住缰绳

To grab so as to stop the motion of:

抓住使停止：抓握以便阻止某物的运动：

catch a ball.

接住球

To overtake:

赶上，超前：

The green car caught me on the straightaway.

那辆绿卡车在直路上超过了我

To reach just in time; take:

及时到达；赶得上：

caught the bus to town; catch a wave.

赶上了去城里的汽车；赶上了波浪

To hold, as by snagging or entangling.

绊住，钩住：像被缠住或揪住般抓住

To cause to become suddenly or accidentally hooked, entangled, or fastened:

意外钩住，意外绊住：使得突然地或偶然地被钩住、缠住或扣住：

caught my hem on the stair.

我的衣襟被钩在楼梯上

To hold up; delay:

堵塞；延误：

was caught in traffic for an hour.

交通堵塞耽误了一小时

To hit; strike:

击；打：

a punch that caught me in the stomach.

打在我肚子上的一拳

To check (oneself) during an action:

行动停止，中止动作：某项行为过程中阻止（自己）：

I caught myself before replying.

在答复前我顿了一下

To become subject to or to contract, as by exposure to a pathogen:

罹患，感染：因暴露于病原体中而变得易患…或易感染…：

catch a cold.

伤风

To become affected by or infused with:

被…影响或充满…：

caught the joyous mood of the festival.

被节日的欢乐气氛所感染

To suffer from the receipt of (criticism, for example):

遭受到（如批评）：

caught hell for being late.

因为迟到而遭到责骂

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获取：

We caught a glimpse of the monarch. I caught a hint of sarcasm in your response.

我们只瞥了国王一眼。从你的反应中我感到了一些讽刺的意味

To grasp mentally; apprehend:

在精神上把握；理解：

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:

描绘，再现：通过或似乎通过艺术的方式领会并准确地理解和复制：

an impressionist who caught the effects of wind and water in his paintings.

一位在他的画作中表达了风和水的效果的印象派画家

To attract and fix; arrest:

吸引并使其固定；捕获：

couldn't catch their attention; caught the teacher's eye.

无法吸引他们的注意；引起了老师的注意

To charm; captivate.

迷惑；迷住

Informal To go to see (a performance, for example):

非正式用语看表演：前往观看（如演出）：

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（需要的东西），通常是迅速地或只为一个短时期：

catch some sleep.

打个盹

v.intr.（不及物动词）

To become held, entangled, or fastened:

使抓紧、卷入或系紧：

My coat caught in the car door.

我的衣服被车门夹住了

To act or move so as to hold or grab someone or something:

抢取，抓取：为抓住或抱住某人或某物而作的行为或移动：

tried to catch at the life preserver.

试图抓住救生用具

To be communicable or infectious; spread.

传染，传播：成为可传播的或可传染的；传播

To ignite:

燃着：

The fire caught.

着火了

Baseball To act as catcher.

棒球当棒球捕手

n.（名词）

The act of catching; a taking and holding.

接，抓：接的动作；拿或握

Something that catches, especially a device for fastening or for checking motion.

门闩，钩子：可钩住的物体，特别是用于拴紧东西或控制运动状态的装置

Something caught:

捕获物：

The mistake you found was a good catch.

你发现的错误是一个大发现

Informal One, such as a person or thing, that is worth catching.

非正式用语值得猎取的人或物

Sports

体育运动

The grabbing and holding of a thrown, kicked, or batted ball before it hits the ground.

接球：在一个被掷出、踢出或拍打的球落地前抓握住它的动作

A game of throwing and catching a ball.

投接球的游戏

A quantity that is caught:

捕获量：

The catch amounted to 50 fish.

捕获的鱼达到50条

A choking or stoppage of the breath or voice.

哽噎：呼吸或声音的哽塞或阻塞

A stop or break in the operation of a mechanism.

运作中断：停止或中断机械的运行

Informal A tricky or previously unsuspected condition or drawback:

非正式用语陷阱，欺诈：蹊跷的或先前无嫌疑的条件或困难：

It sounds like a good offer, but there may be a catch.

这听起来是个好的建议，但其中可能有诈

A snatch; a fragment.

片段；部分

Music A canonical, often rhythmically intricate composition for three or more voices, popular especially in the 17th and 18th centuries.

音乐轮唱：一种规范的，经常是由三种或三种以上声音构成的有韵律的复杂曲目，在17和18世纪尤其流行

catch on

To understand; perceive.

理解；察觉

To become popular:

变得流行：

Skateboarding caught on quickly.

滑板运动很快就流行起来

catch out

To detect (another) in the act or process of wrongdoing.

侦测错误：侦测（另一人）正在犯错的行为或过程

catch up

To snatch:

抢夺：

The mugger caught the wallet up and fled.

匪徒抢了钱夹并逃走了

To detect (another) in a mistake or wrongdoing:

指出错误，指出差错：指出（另一人）错误或差错：

Auditors caught up with the embezzler.

查帐员查出了那个侵占公款者

To come up from behind; overtake.

超过：从后面赶上来；超过

To become involved with, often unwillingly:

牵涉，牵连：被卷入，经常是不情愿地：

was caught up in the scandal.

涉及丑闻

To captivate; enthrall:

着迷；吸引住：

I was caught up in the mood of the evening.

我沉醉在夜晚的情调中

To bring up to date; brief:

简要介绍；简述：

Let me catch you up on all the gossip.

让我把所有的流言蜚语简要地说给你

To bring an activity nearer to completion:

使接近：将一项工作引向接近完成：

I must catch up on my correspondence.

我必须尽快写完我的回信

catch fire

To ignite.

燃着

To become very enthusiastic.

变得十分热情

To become the subject of great interest and widespread enthusiasm:

成为狂热的对象：成为巨大的兴趣和普遍的热情的对象：

an idea that caught fire all over the country.

一个引起举国狂热的想法

catch it非正式用语

To receive a punishment or scolding.

接受惩罚或责备

catch (one's) breath

To rest so as to be able to continue an activity.

喘口气，休息一下：为继续从事项活动而休息

Middle English cacchen

中古英语 cacchen

from Old North French cachier [to chase]

源自古法国北方方言 cachier [追逐]

from Latin capt?e [frequentative of] capere [to seize] * see kap-

源自拉丁语 capt?e [] capere的重复动词 [抓住] *参见 kap-

catch“able

adj.（形容词）

catch， enmesh， ensnare， entangle， entrap， snare， tangle， trap

The central meaning shared by these verbs is “to take in and hold as if by using bait or a lure”:

这些动词所***有的中心意义是“象使用鱼饵一样欺骗并捕获”：

caught in her own lies;

被她自己的谎言所蒙蔽；

enmeshed in the neighbors' dispute;

陷入邻居间的争端；

ensnaring an unsuspecting dupe with fast talk;

用迅速的谈话纠缠一个轻信的受骗人；

became entangled in his own contradictions;

作茧自缚；

entrapped by a skillful interviewer into making a damaging statement;

为狡猾的提问人所诱导而发表的不利言论；

snared by false hopes;

被虚假的希望所迷惑；

tangled by his own duplicity;

为他自己的骗局所困挠；

trapped into making an incriminating admission.

受算计而做了有罪的许可

catch

[kAtF]

vt.

(caught [kC:t])

捉[逮, 截]住, 捕获

赶上(车、船等)

着火, 烧

领悟, 听清, 了解, 理会

(偶然或突然)碰见, 发觉

打中; 击中

引起(注意); 使迷住

突然中止(发言等)

遭受(袭击, 处罚等)

打(个)盹; 看[扫]一眼

梗塞住; 制动

感染, 传染上(疾病)

[美俚]抽(烟); 欺骗

使进退两难; 使害怕

挂着; 绊着

机挡住; (棒球等)接球

He was caught by the policeman.

他被警察捉住了。

She caught a fever.

她发烧。

The ball caught him on the head.

球击中了他的头。

He caught himself before saying the wrong thing.

他突然住嘴才没说错话。

The goalkeeper jumped and caught the ball.

守门员跳起来接住了球。

catch

[kAtF]

vi.

抓住(at), 捉住; (想)领悟(at)

锁住, 挂住, 绊住, (手指)夹住, (脚)陷进(in)

着火, 燃着

传染, 流行

(水)结(薄)冰, (声音等)闷住, 塞住

(庄稼)茁壮起来

当接球手

[英俚]得人缘

catch at an idea [opportunity]

采纳意见[抓住机会]

The lock won't catch .

这锁锁不上。

Will the disease catch?

这病传染吗?

The lake does not catch in winter.

这湖冬季不结冰。

He caught for the entire game.

在整个这?羟虮热?兴?涞绷私忧蚴帧?

catch

[kAtF]

捕捉, 捕获; 把握

(棒球)接球, 接球手

拉手, 把手, 窗钩, 门扣, 锁键

陷井, 诡计, 圈套, 难人的问题[办法]

希望获得的东西[利益, 人, 物]

(声息等的)梗塞, 噎

(庄稼)茁壮

(歌曲)轮唱, 片断

机掣子, 凸轮, 制动片(装置), 轮挡, 抓爪; 舌簧; 按钮; 指针

化(接)受器

集尘

汽水分离器

catchall

[`kAtFR:l]

装杂物的袋、箱等; 垃圾箱;化截液器; 分沫器; 总受器

catch-as-catch-can

(各种抓法都可使用的)兰开夏式摔跤

catch

[kAtF]

adj.

利用可能利用方法的; 无计划的; 不择手段的

catchdrain

集水沟; 截水沟

catchfly

[`kAtFflaI]

植捕虫草; 捕虫瞿麦

catchlight

一点反射光

catchline

标准; 广告或演说词中用以吸引注意力的短句

戏剧中引人发笑的台词 catchpenny

adj.

无价值的; 便宜的

花哨而不值钱的东西

catchphrase

[5kAtFfreIz]

引人注意的字句

catchpit

汇水盆地; 溢出物集流坑, 截留井, 排[泄]水井

catchpole,catchpoll

法警

catchwater

排水渠[沟]

catchword

[5kAtFw\:d]

标语, 口号

词典上的眉题

演员的提示

be caught in (the rain, a trap)

遇(雨), 陷入(圈套)

be caught over

(指水面)结满了

by catches

时而; 时断时续

lie upon the catch

埋伏以待; 伺机挑剔

muff an easy catch

体没有接住容易接的球

no catch (=not much of a catch)

不值得买的东西, 不合算的东西

play catch

作传球[接球]的游戏

There is a catch in sth.

其中有诈, 当中有圈套。

catch as catch can

尽一切办法, 能抓到什么就抓什么

catch at

死命抓住, 急切地抓住, 渴望取得

catch it

[口]受责备, 挨骂, 受罚

C-me (at it, doing that)!

我决不会(那样做)!

catch off

睡着

catch on

[口]投合人心, 受人欢迎

理解, 明白

抓住

找到工作。

catch out

(棒球中)接杀; 抓住(某人)短处; (用手段)挫败(某人)

catch sb. napping

乘人不备, 乘人不注意

catch sb. bending

乘人不备, 乘人不注意

catch sb. off one's guard

乘人不备, 乘人不注意

catch sb. on the hop

乘人不备, 乘人不注意

catch sb. out

发现某人的错误

catch sb. red-handed

当场抓住某人

catch sb. tripping

发现某人的过失 [差错]

catch up

抓起(某物), 突然拿起(某物)

打断并挑剔别人的话

吸住, (被)卷入, 受感染

追上, 赶上

catch up with

追上, 赶上, 与...并驾齐驱

抓住; 找到证据; 惩处

带来不良的后果

active catch

(阀门分配机构的)活动档

allowable catch

容许的捕鱼量

automatic window catch

自动窗锁

back catch

门后钩

bales catch

自动扣

ball catch

球掣

bayonet catch

卡口连接; 锁梢; 插座

berth curtain rod catch

卧铺帘杆卡子

blind catch

关闭把手, 闭门扣

bolt retaining catch

枪闩制动挡块

bullet catch

门碰球

commercial catch

商业捕获量, 经济鱼类捕获量

cupboard catch

弹簧平头插销

deck sash ratchet catch

顶棚窗棘轮止铁

dog catch

掣子, 卡子, 夹子

自动卡头机

擒纵器, 阻挡器

door holder catch

门止挡卡簧

fork catch

叉形挡, 叉形爪

firedoor catch

炉门挡

fish catches

捕鱼量

fixing catch

固定卡

fly catch

接腾空球

free-drop catch

自由下降档

friction catch

摩擦止门器

glottal catch

喉塞

grease catch

集油器

hold-open catch

(舱盖打开时的)固定卡销

hood catch

机罩卡钩; 机罩扣

jack catchs

卡爪

latch catch

弹簧扣

lid with bayonet catch

错齿式罐盖

lock catch

锁扣, 停止档, 闭锁掣子

oil catch

油档

passive catch

不活动挡(阀门分配机构)

positive catch

强制啮合(机构)

quick-drop catch

快速下降档

quick-release catch

快速释放制动片

rack catch

(卧铺)衣物袋止挡

release catch

擒纵器, 掣子, 卡子

retaining catch

停止挡, 闭锁掣子, 枪闩阻铁

retaining lever catch

把手挡

reverse lever catch

回动杆挡

reversing gear catch

倒车挡, 倒转挡

"safety catch "

"关保险!"; 安全制动装置

shoestring catch

在球刚落地前把它接住

smokebox door catch

烟箱门闩

snow catch

防雪树带

spring catch

弹簧挡, 弹簧销

spring coupling catch

弹簧联接挡

stop catch

止挡

stuffing box nut catch

填料函螺母挡

sustainable catch

持久捕获量

tail-gate-chain catch

可折后栏板链扣

tape transport locking catch

走带锁闩

throw-over catch

回转挡

tripping catch

解脱爪

window catch

窗钩

catch capture

都含"抓住"、"捕捉"的意思。

catch 系常用词, 指"通过追捕、机关或突然行动而捉住在活动或躲藏中的人或物," 如:

The police caught the thief.

警察抓住了小偷。

capture 指"通过武力或计谋战胜抵抗或困难而捕获某人或物", 如:

We captured them alive.

我们把他们活捉了。

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