英语词汇“at the catch”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. at (also on, upon) the catch: on the lookout for an opportunity of catching or seizing something, esp. of seizing on person's words, finding fault, making objections, etc. Frequently in to lie at (the) catch. Now historical and rare.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > make difficulties > seek chance of catching out

to lie at (the) catch1608

1608 W. Bishop Reproofe Abbots Def. 180 M. Abbot that lieth at the catch and wants better stuffe, is constrained to lay hold on them.

1630 R. Sibbes Bruised Reede 150 As one sitting at a catch for all advantages against them.

1656 H. More Antidote Atheism ii. xi. §7. 75 Scaliger lay at catch with him [sc. Cardan] to take him tripping wherever he could.

1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 251 They that are always upon the Ketch and Strategem.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xxx. 170 I saw he was upon the Catch, and look'd stedfastly upon me whenever I mov'd my Lips.

1766 W. Kenrick Falstaff's Wedding i. v. 7 The law is open, say'st thou? Ay, like a mouse-trap, on the catch for nibbling clients.

1824 Comic Songs & Recitations 29 They come,—as carrion-crows they watch, Or bloodhound-bayliffs on the catch.

1833 J. Kennedy Geordie Chalmers ii. 22 Why, sir, there's little fair play going. Every one is on the catch.

1879 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXV. 329 He only asks the question because it ought to be asked, and does not lie upon the catch.

1952 L. Hotson Shakespeare's Motley vii. 85 The countryman's..craft in ‘lying at catch’ under a feigned stupidity, and his pagan mistaking of the languages of the cultivated.

单词	at the catch
释义	> as lemmas at (also on, upon) the catch a. at (also on, upon) the catch: on the lookout for an opportunity of catching or seizing something, esp. of seizing on person's words, finding fault, making objections, etc. Frequently in to lie at (the) catch. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > make difficulties > seek chance of catching out to lie at (the) catch1608 1608 W. Bishop Reproofe Abbots Def. 180 M. Abbot that lieth at the catch and wants better stuffe, is constrained to lay hold on them. 1630 R. Sibbes Bruised Reede 150 As one sitting at a catch for all advantages against them. 1656 H. More Antidote Atheism ii. xi. §7. 75 Scaliger lay at catch with him [sc. Cardan] to take him tripping wherever he could. 1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 251 They that are always upon the Ketch and Strategem. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xxx. 170 I saw he was upon the Catch, and look'd stedfastly upon me whenever I mov'd my Lips. 1766 W. Kenrick Falstaff's Wedding i. v. 7 The law is open, say'st thou? Ay, like a mouse-trap, on the catch for nibbling clients. 1824 Comic Songs & Recitations 29 They come,—as carrion-crows they watch, Or bloodhound-bayliffs on the catch. 1833 J. Kennedy Geordie Chalmers ii. 22 Why, sir, there's little fair play going. Every one is on the catch. 1879 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXV. 329 He only asks the question because it ought to be asked, and does not lie upon the catch. 1952 L. Hotson Shakespeare's Motley vii. 85 The countryman's..craft in ‘lying at catch’ under a feigned stupidity, and his pagan mistaking of the languages of the cultivated. extracted from catchn.² < as lemmas
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