catching 音标拼音: [k'ætʃɪŋ]
a . 易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的
易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的
catching adj 1 : (
of disease )
capable of being transmitted by infection [
synonym : {
catching }, {
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 [
synonym : {
detection }, {
catching }, {
espial }, {
spying },
{
spotting }]
3 :
becoming infected ; "
catching cold is sometimes unavoidable ";
"
the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic " [
synonym : {
catching }, {
contracting }]
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 .]
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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 .
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2 .
To seize after pursuing ;
to arrest ;
as ,
to catch a thief .
"
They pursued . . .
and caught him ." --
Judg .
i .
6 .
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3 .
To take captive ,
as in a snare or net ,
or on a hook ;
as ,
to catch a bird or fish .
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4 .
Hence :
To insnare ;
to entangle . "
To catch him in his words ". --
Mark xii .
13 .
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5 .
To seize with the senses or the mind ;
to apprehend ;
as ,
to catch a melody . "
Fiery thoughts . . .
whereof I catch the issue ." --
Tennyson .
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6 .
To communicate to ;
to fasten upon ;
as ,
the fire caught the adjoining building .
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7 .
To engage and attach ;
to please ;
to charm .
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The soothing arts that catch the fair . --
Dryden .
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8 .
To get possession of ;
to attain .
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Torment myself to catch the English throne . --
Shak .
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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 .
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10 .
To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise ;
to find ;
as ,
to catch one in the act of stealing .
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11 .
To reach in time ;
to come up with ;
as ,
to catch a train .
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{
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 .
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Catching \
Catch "
ing \
a .
1 .
Infectious ;
contagious .
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2 .
Captivating ;
alluring .
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Catching \
Catch "
ing \,
n .
The act of seizing or taking hold of .
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{
Catching bargain } (
Law ),
a bargain made with an heir expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an inadequate price . --
Bouvier .
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97 Moby Thesaurus words for "
catching ":
alluring ,
annexational ,
appealing ,
appetizing ,
attractive ,
beguiling ,
bewitching ,
blandishing ,
cajoling ,
captivating ,
charismatic ,
charming ,
coaxing ,
come -
hither ,
communicable ,
confiscatory ,
contagious ,
coquettish ,
deadly ,
deprivative ,
destructive ,
enchanting ,
endemic ,
engaging ,
enravishing ,
enthralling ,
enticing ,
entrancing ,
envenomed ,
epidemial ,
epidemic ,
epiphytotic ,
epizootic ,
exciting ,
exotic ,
expropriatory ,
fascinating ,
fetching ,
flirtatious ,
glamorous ,
hypnotic ,
infectious ,
infective ,
inoculable ,
interesting ,
intriguing ,
inviting ,
irresistible ,
malign ,
malignant ,
mephitic ,
mesmeric ,
miasmal ,
miasmatic ,
miasmic ,
mouth -
watering ,
noxious ,
pandemic ,
pestiferous ,
pestilential ,
piquant ,
poisonous ,
prepossessing ,
privative ,
provocative ,
provoquant ,
ravishing ,
seducing ,
seductive ,
siren ,
sirenic ,
spellbinding ,
spellful ,
sporadic ,
spreading ,
taking ,
tantalizing ,
teasing ,
tempting ,
thievish ,
tickling ,
titillating ,
titillative ,
toxic ,
toxicant ,
toxiferous ,
transmissible ,
transmittable ,
venenate ,
veneniferous ,
venenous ,
venomous ,
virulent ,
winning ,
winsome ,
witching ,
zymotic
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