pounced

英 [paʊnst]

美 [paʊnst]

v.  猛扑; 突袭
pounce的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB （人）猛扑，突袭
  If someonepounces onyou, they come up towards you suddenly and take hold of you.
  1. He pounced on the photographer, beat him up and smashed his camera...
     他突然扑向摄影师，痛打了他一顿，还摔碎了他的照相机。
  2. Fraud squad officers had bugged the phone and were ready to pounce.
     反诈骗小组的警员们已在电话上安装了窃听器，并随时准备突击。
• VERB 揪出，抓住（错误等）
  If someonepounces onsomething such as a mistake, they quickly draw attention to it, usually in order to gain an advantage for themselves or to prove that they are right.
  1. The Democrats were ready to pounce on any Republican failings or mistakes...
     民主党人随时准备揪出共和党人的过失或错误。
  2. 'That's much too subtle, even for Sam.' — 'Even for Sam!' He pounced on the phrase with a sound of triumph.
     “那太微妙了，即便对萨姆来说。”——“即便对山姆来说！”，他得意洋洋地抓住了这句话。
• VERB （野兽或飞禽）猛扑，突袭
  When an animal or birdpounces onsomething, it jumps on it and holds it, in order to kill it.
  1. ...like a tiger pouncing on its prey...
     像老虎猛扑向猎物一样
  2. Before I could get the pigeon the cat pounced.
     未等我逮到鸽子，猫就猛扑了上去。

双语例句

• In the process, he exposed European disunity that Beijing pounced to exploit.
  在这个过程中，德古赫特暴露了欧盟的不团结，并被北京方面迅速加以利用。
• The hawk pounced on the little bird.
  鹰突然向小鸟扑去。
• Rebecca pounced on the offer to let her play the piano at the party.
  丽贝卡急不可待地抓住了请她在晚会上弹钢琴的机会。
• Buffett pounced, and multiplied his investment five-fold in five years.
  巴菲特抓住了这个机会，在五年内将对这家公司的投资增加了五倍。
• But undeterred by Britton's revved up chainsaw, the lion pounced.
  但是，在布里顿的电锯伤到狮子之前，狮子就猛扑了上来。
• The goalkeeper pounced like a tiger and caught the ball.
  守门员来了个饿虎扑食，把球扑住了。
• Before I could get the pigeon the cat pounced.
  未等我逮到鸽子，猫就猛扑了上去。
• 'That's much too subtle, even for Sam.' — 'Even for Sam!' He pounced on the phrase with a sound of triumph.
  “那太微妙了，即便对萨姆来说。”——“即便对山姆来说！”，他得意洋洋地抓住了这句话。
• The lion pounced on the hare.
  狮子搏兔。
• It pounced at him and bit him in the neck.
  它扑向曹生源，咬住了他的脖子。