1.[t]~ sth接住；截住；拦住to stop and hold a moving object, especially in your hands
She managed to catch the keys as they fell.她接住了落下的钥匙。
‘Throw me over that towel, will you?’ ‘OK. Catch!’“请你把毛巾扔过来好吗？”“好，接住！”
The dog caught the stick in its mouth.狗衔住了木棍。
2.[t]~ sth接（落下的液体）to hold a liquid when it falls
The roof was leaking and I had to use a bucket to catch the drips.屋顶漏雨，我不得不用桶来接。
3.[t]~ sb/sth (+ adv./prep.)抓住；握住to take hold of sb/sth
He caught hold of her arm as she tried to push past him.她试图从他身边挤过去时，他一把抓住了她的手臂。
4.[t]~ sb/sth逮住；捕捉；捕获to capture a person or an animal that tries or would try to escape
The murderer was never caught.这个杀人犯一直未抓到。
Our cat is hopeless at catching mice.我们的猫绝对捉不到老鼠。
How many fish did you catch?你捕到几条鱼？
5.[t]当场发现（或发觉）to find or discover sb doing sth, especially sth wrong
I caught her smoking in the bathroom.我撞见她在盥洗室里抽烟。
You wouldn't catch me working(= I would never work) on a Sunday!你绝对不会看到我在星期日工作！
She caught herself wondering whether she had made a mistake.她发觉自己在怀疑是否犯了错误。
He was caught with bomb-making equipment in his home.他被发现家里藏有制造炸弹的设备。
Mark walked in and caught them at it(= in the act of doing sth wrong) .马克走了进去，当场发现他们正在干坏事。
thieves caught in the act偷窃时被当场抓住的窃贼
You've caught me at a bad time(= at a time when I am busy) .你现在来找我可不是时候。
6.[t]~ sth赶上（公共汽车、火车、飞机等）to be in time for a bus, train, plane, etc. and get on it
We caught the 12.15 from Oxford.我们赶上了 12:15 从牛津发出的火车。
I must go─I have a train to catch.我得走了，我要赶火车。
7.[t]~ sb/sth及时做（或谈等）to be in time to do sth, talk to sb, etc.
I caught him just as he was leaving the building.他正要离开大楼时，我追上了他。
I was hoping to catch you at home(= to telephone you at home when you were there) .我本希望赶上你在家的时候给你打电话。
The illness can be treated provided it's caught(= discovered) early enough.此病若及早发现是可医治的。
to catch the post(= post letters before the box is emptied)（寄信）赶上邮局的收信时刻
Bye for now! I'll catch you later(= speak to you again later) .再见！下次再谈。
8.[t](informal)~ sth看见；听到；出席；参加to see or hear sth; to attend sth
Let's eat now and maybe we could catch a movie later.咱们现在就吃吧，也许还能赶上一场电影。
9.[t]~ sb突然遭受to happen unexpectedly and put sb in a difficult situation
His arrival caught me by surprise .他的到来让我感到意外。
She got caught in a thunderstorm.她遇上了雷雨。
10.[t]得病；染疾to get an illness
to catch measles染上麻疹
I think I must have caught this cold from you.我的感冒想必是你传染的。
11.[i][t]（被）钩住，夹住，绊住to become stuck in or on sth; to make sth become stuck
Her dress caught on a nail.她的连衣裙被钉子钩住了。
He caught his thumb in the door.他的拇指被门夹住了。
12.[t]击中；打to hit sb/sth
The stone caught him on the side of the head.他头的侧面被石头击中。
She caught him a blow on the chin.她一拳打在他下巴上。
13.[t]~ sth察觉；瞥见to notice sth only for a moment
She caught sight of a car in the distance.她瞥见远处有一辆车。
He caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror.他看了一眼镜子中的自己。
I caught a look of surprise on her face.我发现她面露惊奇。
He caught a whiff of her perfume.他闻到一股她身上的香水味。
14.[t]~ sth听清楚；领会to hear or understand sth
Sorry, I didn't quite catch what you said.对不起，我没听清楚你的话。
15.[t]~ sb's interest, imagination, attention, etc.引起，激发（兴趣、想象、注意等）if sthcatches your interest, etc., you notice it and feel interested in it
16.[t]~ sth逼真再现；准确描绘to show or describe sth accurately
The artist has caught her smile perfectly.艺术家完美地捕捉到她的微笑。
17.[t]~ sth（光）照射；受到（光的）照射if sthcatches the light or the lightcatches it, the light shines on it and makes it shine too
The knife gleamed as it caught the light .刀在光照下闪闪发亮。
18.[t](informal)~ the sun晒黑；晒红；晒成棕色if youcatch the sun , you become red or brown because of spending time in the sun
19.[t][i]~ (fire)烧着；着（火）to begin to burn
The wooden rafters caught fire.木椽子着火了。
These logs are wet: they won't catch.这些木柴是湿的，烧不着。
20.[t]~ sb（在球落地前）接住球to make a player unable to continue batting by catching the ball they have hit before it touches the ground
Can you catch the waiter's eye?你能引起服务员的注意吗？
Can you catch the waiter's eye?你能引起服务员的注意吗？
If your dad finds out you'll really catch it!要是你老爸知道了，你非挨骂不可！
If your dad finds out you'll really catch it!要是你老爸知道了，你非挨骂不可！
1.[c]接（球等）an act of catching sth, for example a ball
to make a catch接球
2.[c]总捕获量the total amount of things that are caught
a huge catch of fish捕获大量的鱼
3.[c]扣拴物；扣件a device used for fastening sth
a catch on the door门闩
safety catches for the windows安全窗钩
4.[c][ususing](informal)隐藏的困难；暗藏的不利因素a hidden difficulty or disadvantage
All that money for two hours' work─what's the catch?干了两小时的活就给那么多钱，这里面有什么鬼？
5.[u]（儿童）传接球游戏a child's game in which two people throw a ball to each other
6.[sing]理想的对象；意中人；雇用的好对象；看中的人a person that other people see as a good person to marry, employ, etc.
I can't get a job because I haven't got anywhere to live but I can't afford a place to live until I get a job─it's a catch-22 situation.我没有住所就找不到工作，但是没有工作就没钱租房子，这真是左右为难。
I can't get a job because I haven't got anywhere to live but I can't afford a place to live until I get a job─it's a catch-22 situation.我没有住所就找不到工作，但是没有工作就没钱租房子，这真是左右为难。
But if God really is multi-purpose, and he then has satisfied my desire in a little while, then, I bring first he to catch the wind.
不过假如上帝真是万能的，并且他顷刻间便满足了我的愿望，那么，我将第一个带他去兜风。
Struggling to catch up with him, but the whereabouts of the red block and can only stay at cars off, do nothing.
他奋力追赶，却被红灯阻挡去向，只能呆望着车扬长而去，无可奈何。
Once I was in a hurry trying to catch the train to Shanghai. I packed up and put all the things I would need into a suitcase and locked it.
有一次，我忙着赶去上海的火车，收拾好行李，把所需要的东西放进箱子，上了锁。
She did not get up too late to catch the early bus.
她起得早，赶上了早班车。
For himself, his own catch had been made, and he would have to wrestle with it for the rest of his life.
对他自己而言，他已经被钓上钩了，他得用自己余生与之抗衡。
``Society has changed, '' Stillman says, ``but the ovaries will take another million years or two to catch up to that. ''
斯蒂尔曼说：“社会在变，但是女性卵巢可能需要百万年才能赶上这样的变化。”
However, I would catch Marguerite looking sad, and sometimes there were tears in her eyes.
但是，有时候玛格丽特显得很忧愁，有几次甚至还流着眼泪，这使我感到奇怪。
He seems to be one of those rare people who find that age and injuries don't catch up with them.
他似乎是一个少有的人，很少有人能在他这个年龄，还几乎没什么伤病的。
They are not agile or fast ships. If the enemy decides to make a run for it, ship-of-the-line would have hard time to catch up.
他们并不是快速轻巧的船只，如果敌舰决定脱离海战，轻型战列舰很难在第一时间追上。
At the river-side I also did a bit of prose writing, not on any definite subject or plan, but in the spirit that boys catch butterflies.
我在河畔的时候也写了一些散文，但都没有什么明确的题目和计划，只是在一种小孩捕捉蝴蝶的心情下写的。
If you believe that nothing but what you say and do is the truth, you are not a good catch. And that is an unbeatable truth.
如果你觉得只有你自己的所言所行正确，你就不是一个抢手货——这是一个不争的事实。
But computer division head Kunimasa Suzuki said the company had ambitions to catch up quickly.
但索尼电脑部主管KunimasaSuzuki称，该公司有信心能很快地迎头赶上。
In this state, he made his way back to the devastated city to try to do what he had meant to do that day: catch the train.
在这样的情形下，他依然设法回到了被摧毁的城市，然后设法完成他那天原定的计划：赶火车。
If I ever catch any of y'all spray-paintin' on anybody's wall, I'll stick my foot so far up your behind that you'll have toes for teeth!
如果让我抓住你们任何一个人用喷漆在别人的墙上乱画，我就会从你们背后远远地伸出脚方在你们嘴里。
To be able to go home, I got up early to catch the train.
为了能早点回家，我早早就起来赶火车。
He was too excited to catch what his wife said, for that afternoon he would meet his high school sweetheart.
他太兴奋以至于没听清他妻子在说什么，因为那天下午他将与他的高中女友见面。
They had followed him with difficulty, for his mind darted from subject to subject with a connection they did not always catch.
他们听他的话很费解，他的思路从一个题目跳到另一个题目，他们把握不住其中的联系。
After being in the hospital for a year, she had a lot of living to catch up on.
住院一年之签，她必须尽力维持生计。
August might catch your attention, if it did not already, yet remain flexible, use common sense while being vigilant.
八月可能会引起你的注意，如果没有，但保持灵活性，使用常识，同时。
She ran on and on, down the hill, up the next, trying to catch up with her daughter.
她跑啊跑。跑下一个山坡，又跑上另一个山坡，努力地想追上女儿。
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