pounce

英 [paʊns] 美 [paʊns]

• v. 猛扑；突然袭击；抓住；撒吸墨粉
• n. 猛扑；袭击；(猛禽的)爪；吸墨粉

英英释义

Noun:

1. the act of pouncing

Verb:

1. move down on as if in an attack;

   "The raptor swooped down on its prey"
   "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. We saw the tiger about to pounce on the goat.
   我们看见老虎要向那只山羊扑过去。
2. The hawk pounced on its prey and carried it off.
   那只鹰向那小动物猛扑过去把它叼走了。

用作名词 (n.)

1. When prey is close enough, they attack with a fatal pounce.
   当猎物足够近的时候，它们将以致命的猛扑袭击猎物。
2. Both are skilled in the art of stalking,and both have a lethal pounce.
   两者都是潜近猎物的高手，都能给予猎物致命的猛扑。

经典引文

• Had hawk ever a fuller eye, or larger pounces?

  出自： G. W. Thornbury

• Whether gives thy wonder more to rove, The power of Caesar, or the pounce of Jove?

  出自： fig.

• The Bogeyman was standing in the gloom, waiting to pounce.

  出自： D. Highsmith

• Trapdoor spiders pounce on their prey from below.

  出自：New Scientist

词汇搭配

• pounce upon 一把抓住
• pounce on 突然袭击(扑下)...

近反义词

【近义词】

• leap 跳跃
• jump 跳跃
• swoop 抓取
• spring 春天
• bound 必定的
• dive 潜水
• attack 攻击
• seize upon 抓住(采用
• seize 抓住
• tackle 处理
• ambush 埋伏
• hop 跳跃
• vault 窖
• plunge 使投入
• hurdle 栏干