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caught 音标拼音: [k'ɑt] [k'ɔt] vbl. catch的过去式和过去分词 catch的过去式和过去分词 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.] [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief. " They pursued . . . and caught him." -- Judg. i. 6. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Hence: To insnare; to entangle. " To catch him in his words". -- Mark xii. 13. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody. " Fiery thoughts . . . whereof I catch the issue." -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] 6. To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the adjoining building. [ 1913 Webster] 7. To engage and attach; to please; to charm. [ 1913 Webster] The soothing arts that catch the fair. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 8. To get possession of; to attain. [ 1913 Webster] Torment myself to catch the English throne. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 10. To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing. [ 1913 Webster] 11. To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train. [ 1913 Webster] { 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. [ 1913 Webster]
Caught \ Caught\ ( k[ add] t), imp. & p. p. of { Catch}. [ 1913 Webster] Cauk31 Moby Thesaurus words for " caught": aground, anchored, arrested, chained, charmed, enchanted, enthralled, fascinated, fast, fastened, fixed, gripped, grounded, held, high and dry, hypnotized, impacted, inextricable, jammed, mesmerized, moored, packed, rapt, spellbound, stranded, stuck, stuck fast, tethered, tied, transfixed, wedged
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