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pounce 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 (1) 那只鹰向那小动物猛扑过去把它叼走了。(2) 当猎物足够近的时候，它们将以致命的猛扑袭击猎物。(3) 两者都是潜近猎物的高手，都能给予猎物致命的猛扑。 Of all the animals, cats are the best at pouncing. Snakes strike. Elephants charge. But when an animal leaps onto its prey, that's pouncing. When we talk about how people pounce, however, we're usually talking more figuratively. When we say that a person pounced on another person, we mean that they attacked viciously without warning — usually giving the victim no time to defend themselves. Lawyers pounce on witnesses, for example. If you feel suddenly ganged-up on, you might feel pounced upon.

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英 [paʊns] 美 [paʊns] (1) The hawk pounced on its prey and carried it off.(2) When prey is close enough, they attack with a fatal pounce.(3) Both are skilled in the art of stalking,and both have a lethal pounce. 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. 1[VERB 动词]（人）猛扑，突袭 If someone pounces on you, they come up towards you suddenly and take hold of you.   [V on/upon n]  [V]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。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。2[VERB 动词]揪出，抓住（错误等） If someone pounces on something 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.   [V on/upon n]  [Also V]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。'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。3[VERB 动词]（野兽或飞禽）猛扑，突袭 When an animal or bird pounces on something, it jumps on it and holds it, in order to kill it.   [V on/upon n]  [V]...like a tiger pouncing on its prey...像老虎猛扑向猎物一样Before I could get the pigeon the cat pounced.未等我逮到鸽子，猫就猛扑了上去。

英语单词	pounce
英美音标	英 [paʊns] 美 [paʊns]
中文释义	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
英语例句	(1) The hawk pounced on its prey and carried it off. (2) When prey is close enough, they attack with a fatal pounce. (3) Both are skilled in the art of stalking,and both have a lethal pounce.
中文例句	(1) 那只鹰向那小动物猛扑过去把它叼走了。 (2) 当猎物足够近的时候，它们将以致命的猛扑袭击猎物。 (3) 两者都是潜近猎物的高手，都能给予猎物致命的猛扑。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	Of all the animals, cats are the best at pouncing. Snakes strike. Elephants charge. But when an animal leaps onto its prey, that's pouncing. When we talk about how people pounce, however, we're usually talking more figuratively. When we say that a person pounced on another person, we mean that they attacked viciously without warning — usually giving the victim no time to defend themselves. Lawyers pounce on witnesses, for example. If you feel suddenly ganged-up on, you might feel pounced upon.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]（人）猛扑，突袭 If someone pounces on you, they come up towards you suddenly and take hold of you. [V on/upon n] [V] 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。 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。 2 [VERB 动词]揪出，抓住（错误等） If someone pounces on something 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. [V on/upon n] [Also V] 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。 '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。 3 [VERB 动词]（野兽或飞禽）猛扑，突袭 When an animal or bird pounces on something, it jumps on it and holds it, in order to kill it. [V on/upon n] [V] ...like a tiger pouncing on its prey... 像老虎猛扑向猎物一样 Before I could get the pigeon the cat pounced. 未等我逮到鸽子，猫就猛扑了上去。

Pounce Suddenly Pounced Prey Verb 动词 [V On/Upon