pounce
pounce 英 [paʊns] 美 [paʊns]
v. 突袭，猛扑 n. 猛扑
进行时:pouncing 过去式:pounced 过去分词:pounced 第三人称单数:pounces 名词复数:pounces
- To pounce is to attack suddenly by leaping onto your prey. A tiger will slowly sneak up on its prey and then suddenly pounce, using speed as much as strength to make the kill.
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- v. 突袭，猛扑
- n. 猛扑
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1. The lion crouched ready to pounce.
狮子蹲下身，准备猛扑。
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2. The muggers pounced on her as she got out of the car.
她一下汽车，劫匪便向她扑上去。
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3. Rooney pounced on the loose ball and scored.
鲁尼对准无人控制的球飞起一脚，破门得分。
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4. His comments were pounced upon by the press.
他的评论立即被新闻界揪住。
- pounce (n.) "claw of a bird of prey," late 15c., pownse, probably from Old French ponchon "lance, javelin; spine, quill" (Modern French poinçon; see punch (v.)). So called for being the "claws that punch" holes in things. In falconry, the heel claw is a talon, and others are pounces. Meaning "an act of jumping or falling upon" is from 1825. In Middle English also the name of a tool for punching holes or embossing metal (late 14c.).
- pounce (v.) 1680s, originally "to seize with the pounces," from Middle English pownse (n.) "hawk's claw" (see pounce (n.)). Meaning "to jump or fall upon suddenly" is from 1812. Figurative sense of "lay hold of eagerly" is from 1840. Related: Pounced; pouncing.
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