"pounce" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 撲上去
• 猛撲

Definition

像貓或掠食者一樣，突然快速地跳向某物或某人以捕捉或攻擊。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

常用來形容動物，尤其是貓或掠食者的動作，也可用來比喻人立刻抓住機會。常見搭配有“pounce on”、“pounce at”，也可作比喻，如“pounce on a mistake”。語氣通常中性，需視語境而定。

Examples

The cat waited quietly and then pounced on the mouse.

貓安靜地等待，然後**撲上了**老鼠。

Some birds pounce from the air to catch insects.

有些鳥會從空中**撲下來**捕捉昆蟲。

Don’t pounce on your food, eat slowly.

不要**撲上去**喫東西，要慢慢喫。

Reporters were quick to pounce on the politician’s mistake.

記者們很快就**抓住**了政客的錯誤。

Kids love to pounce on piles of autumn leaves.

孩子們喜歡**撲到**秋天的落葉堆裡。

If you see a good deal online, you should pounce before it’s gone.

如果你在網上看到好優惠，要趕快**下手**，別錯過。