n. 捕捉, 陷阱, 捕捉之物, 抓, 拉手vt. 捕捉, 赶上, 感染, 听清楚vi. 抓住, 燃着【化】 捕集【医】 扣锁(器械)相关词组: catch up catch up with catch up on catch one's breath catch oneself catch as catch can catch at catch it catch on catch sb out
口语中说catch it,意思是“受罚”“挨骂”,相当于be punished or scolded。如:
If I come home late, I’ll catch it from my mother. 如果我回家晚了,我妈妈会骂我。
If your father finds you here, you’ll really catch it! 要是你父亲知道你在这里,你非挨骂不可!
If the teacher sees you doing that, you’ll catch it. 要是老师发现你这样做,你会挨骂的。
If your dad finds out you’ll really catch it!要是你老爸知道了,你肯定要挨剋!
另外,有时还可表示“被打中”。如:
He caught it right in the eye. 她的眼睛被打个正着。
注:catch it主要用于英国英语中,在美国英语中多用catch hell或get it。
The cat attempts to catch that fish!
那个喵星人试图抓到那条鱼!
I wear this mask so as not to catch your illness.
我带着口罩,这样就不会被你传染。
The rope's there to catch you if you fall, like I just did.
绳索会在你掉下去的时候拉住你,就像我这样。
be trapped in 陷入 ⋯⋯ 中 be trapped 陷入困境,被困住
例句: The police set a trap to catch the murderer .
警察设下圈套捉拿杀人犯。
He caught my hand and held it tightly.
他抓住我的手,紧紧地握住。
※If you run after two heares, you will catch neither. 两头落空。
※Eagles catch no flies. 大人物不计较小事情。
※He who follows two hares is sure to catch neither. 追逐两只兔,两头都落空。
※Laws catch flies but let hornets go free. 法网只捉苍蝇,不捉黄蜂。