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易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Catch \Catch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caught}or {Catched}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Catching}. Catched is rarely used.] [OE. cacchen,
OF. cachier, dialectic form of chacier to hunt, F. chasser,
fr. (assumend) LL. captiare, for L. capture, V. intens. of
capere to take, catch. See {Capacious}, and cf. {Chase},
{Case} a box.]
1. To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to
grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding;
as, to catch a ball.
2. To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief.
``They pursued . . . and caught him.'' --Judg. i. 6.
3. To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as,
to catch a bird or fish.
4. Hence: To insnare; to entangle. ``To catch him in his
words''. --Mark xii. 13.
5. To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to
catch a melody. ``Fiery thoughts . . . whereof I catch the
issue.'' --Tennyson.
6. To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the
adjoining building.
7. To engage and attach; to please; to charm.
The soothing arts that catch the fair. --Dryden.
8. To get possession of; to attain.
Torment myself to catch the English throne. --Shak.
9. To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion,
infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an
occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold;
the house caught fire.
10. To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to
catch one in the act of stealing.
11. To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train.
{To catch fire}, to become inflamed or ignited.
{to catch it} to get a scolding or beating; to suffer
punishment. [Colloq.]
{To catch one's eye}, to interrupt captiously while speaking.
[Colloq.] ``You catch me up so very short.'' --Dickens.
{To catch up}, to snatch; to take up suddenly.
Catching \Catch"ing\ a.
1. Infectious; contagious.
2. Captivating; alluring.
Catching \Catch"ing\, n.
The act of seizing or taking hold of.
{Catching bargain} (Law), a bargain made with an heir
expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an
inadequate price. --Bouvier.
资料来源 : WordNet®
catching
adj : (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection [syn:
{communicable}, {contagious}, {contractable}, {transmissible},
{transmittable}]
n 1: (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball
team
2: the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
[syn: {detection}, {espial}, {spying}, {spotting}]
3: becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable";
"the contracting of a serious illness can be financially
catastrophic" [syn: {contracting}]