pounce
v.(动词)pounced,pounc.ing,pounc.es v.intr.(不及物动词)To spring or swoop with intent to seize someone or something:猛扑,猛冲:突然跳起或突然袭击以抓住某人或某物:例句:a cat that pounced on a mouse; watched the falcon pounce on the baby rabbit.猛地扑向老鼠的猫;注视着老鹰扑食幼兔
To attack suddenly:突然袭击:例句:irregular troops who pounced on the convoy at a narrow pass; a colleague who pounced on me because of a mistake in my report.在狭窄的山隘处突然袭击护送队的非正规部队;因我在报告中所犯的一个错误而猛烈攻击我的一个同事
To seize something swiftly and eagerly:掌握,抓住:迅速抓住某物,急切地抓住某物:例句:pounce on an opportunity.掌握机会
v.tr.(及物动词)To seize with or as if with talons.用爪抓住:用爪攫取或好象用爪攫取n.(名词)The act or an instance of pouncing.袭击:猛扑的行为或实例The talon or claw of a bird of prey.爪:猛禽的爪子
来源:From Middle English [pointed tool, talon of a hawk] 源自 中古英语 [尖利工具,鹰的爪子] perhaps variant of ponson [pointed tool] * see puncheon 可能为 ponson的变体 [尖利工具] *参见 puncheon
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pounc.er
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n.(名词)A fine powder formerly used to smooth and finish writing paper and soak up ink.吸墨粉:原用作光滑和完成写字纸的细粉末且可吸墨A fine powder, such as pulverized charcoal, dusted over a stencil to transfer a design to an underlying surface.印花粉:撒于镂花模板上以便在其表面上印出图案的细粉末,如磨碎的木炭粉v.tr.(及物动词)pounced,pounc.ing,pounc.es To sprinkle, smooth, or treat with pounce.在…上撒吸墨粉:用吸墨粉喷洒、用吸墨粉使光滑或用吸墨粉处理To transfer (a stenciled design) with pounce.以印花粉印:用印花粉末转印(镂空模板花样)
来源:French ponce 法语 ponce from Old French 源自 古法语 from Vulgar Latin *pômex pômic- 源自 俗拉丁语 *pômex pômic- from Latin pômex [pumice] 源自 拉丁语 pômex [浮石]
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pounc.er
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v.tr.(及物动词)pounced,pounc.ing,pounc.es To ornament (metal, for example) by perforating from the back with a pointed implement.从背面刺穿:用尖利的工具从背后穿孔以装饰(如金属)
来源:Middle English pouncen 中古英语 pouncen probably from Old French poinssonner 可能源自 古法语 poinssonner from poinson [pointed tool] * see puncheon 源自 poinson [尖利的工具] *参见 puncheon