单词 | to catch out |
释义 | > as lemmasto catch out to catch out ΚΠ 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 171 Ase þet hote weter cacheþ þane hond out of þe kechene. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 149 (MED) Hye weren out ycached..For hare senne. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. l. 8098 Þe Inglis þe kacched out. 2. transitive. a. Cricket. To dismiss (a batter) by catching the ball after it has been struck and before it touches the ground. Cf. sense 49. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > fielding > field [verb (transitive)] > catch to catch out1712 hold1752 catch1789 take1836 pouch1910 1712 Devil & Peers (single sheet) I'll catch them both out in three or four stroaks. 1766 G. Montagu Let. 27 Oct. in H. Walpole Corr. (1941) X. 235 Sir George caught him out left-handed. 1850 ‘Bat’ Cricketer's Man. (rev. ed.) 46 If a striker is caught out, state the fieldsman's name. 1866 Mercury (Hobart) 2 Jan. Cosstick..very nearly afforded Kelly an opportunity of catching him out by sending up the ball close around the wicket. 1913 Times 11 Aug. 12/2 Whysall..split a finger when he caught out Blythe. 1994 I. Botham My Autobiogr. i. 27 I had batted twice on the second day, faced eight balls, made eight runs and had been caught out twice. 2014 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 9 June 2 I saw the angle and thought ‘bang it through midwicket’, but I got caught out. b. In baseball and softball. To put (a batter) out by catching the ball after it has been struck and before it touches the ground. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > play baseball [verb (transitive)] > put out > a batter to catch out1855 retire1870 to strike out1939 1855 Spirit of Times 12 May 147/2 If two hands are ready out, a player running home at the time a ball is struck cannot make an ace if the striker is caught out. 1858 N.Y. Times 20 Aug. 5/1 Manolt..caught out De Bost in the eighth inning of New-York. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 160/2 In base-ball if the ball is knocked in a certain direction it is called a foul, and the player who knocked it has not the privilege of making a run, but may be caught out. 1946 Wellington (Texas) Leader 9 May 5/1 Ted O'Neil was caught out on a fly by Young. 3. transitive. a. To discover or surprise (a person) in a misdemeanour, illegal act, mistake, etc. Also reflexive: to discover oneself thinking or feeling something unexpected or unwelcome. Cf. main sense 9a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > detect > in a fault or error trip1557 entrap1566 trap1629 to catch out1759 1759 tr. M. De Sévigné Lett. II. cxliii. 217 To dispute against him, to plague and torment him, and use all their endeavours to catch him out. 1816 J. Austen Emma II. xiv. 275 Ah! there I am—thinking of him directly. Always the first person to be thought of! How I catch myself out ! View more context for this quotation 1867 Brit. Workman Aug. 365/3 Snapcatch is in gaol, farmer!—has owned they say to much, and has been caught out in more. 1952 A. White Sugar House i. viii. 83 She even caught herself out feeling a childish pique because he was not paying her any particular attention. 1989 G. Daly Pre-Raphaelites in Love vii. 339 He tended to know more than any of them about almost everything, and it was considered great sport to catch him out. 2010 Independent 1 July 8/1 Mining private data on a routine basis on the off-chance of catching people out is a disproportionate invasion of privacy. b. To put (a person) in an unexpected situation which proves difficult or unwelcome. Also: to lead (a person) into an undesirable situation by means of trickery or deception; to deceive, dupe. Chiefly in passive. Cf. main sense 2. ΚΠ 1889 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 19 Oct. (5 o'clock ed.) [Cattle] feeders have lost money for the past three years and do not care to get caught out again. 1956 A. L. Rowse Early Churchills xii. 230 His methods were distinctly unorthodox: that was what alarmed the Dutch text-book generals and caught out the French. 1989 C. McWilliam Little Stranger (1990) ii. 22 Events did not catch her out. She kept a collapsible umbrella in the back of the car. 2005 Metro 3 May (London ed.) 22/2 There is little chance of getting money back if you are caught out by a phishing e-mail. c. colloquial. to be (also get) caught out: to become pregnant; spec. to have an unplanned pregnancy. Cf. main sense 15. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > conception > conceive [verb (intransitive)] trima1325 conceivec1375 greatenc1390 to fall with child (also bairn)a1464 impregnate1711 start1846 catch1858 fall1891 click1936 to be caught out1957 to fall for ——1957 big1982 1957 J. Osborne Look Back in Anger i. 29 I'm pregnant. After three years of married life, I have to get caught out now. 1981 Daily Mail 23 June 12/4 Teenage pregnancies..the Eleventh Commandment (‘Thou shalt not be caught out’). 1989 D. Palmer Sutton's Way iv. 71 ‘Elliot isn't yours?’ she asked softly. He shook his head. ‘His mother was having an affair with a married man and she got caught out.’ 2010 H. Dunmore Betrayal 325 She was pregnant and they were all teasing her for getting caught out when she was forty. < as lemmas |
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