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

P1. in the act (of) [after classical Latin in āctū] : in the process (of); in the middle of doing something. Also in the very act of. Frequently in to catch someone in the act: to surprise someone in the middle of doing something wrong or shameful (cf. sense 2d).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > in action [phrase] > in the act

with the deedc1450

in the act (of)1555

to catch a person in the fact1712

in (occasionally the) hock1859

1555 E. Bonner Profitable & Necessarye Doctryne sig. D^v All other sacramentes do consist onely in the vse of them, that is to saye, in the very acte of ministration and receauynge of them.

1611 [see sense 2d].

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Yorks. 189 Theeves taken..in the very Act of stealing of cloath, are instantly beheaded with an Engine, without any further Legal Proceedings.

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 39 And off the loud Oaths go, but while Th'are in the very Act, recoyl.

c1746 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 220 It is in the very act to fly.

1785 Times 14 Jan. 3/4 The people of the house caught her in the act of removing the things; and so prevented the completion of her design.

1826 R. Southey Vindiciæ Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ 86 He was in the very act of death.

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. vii. 106 My sister catching him in the act.

1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour v. 78 When armour was in the act of ceasing to be worn.

1948 D. Wehl Birth of Indonesia xii. 177 The Netherlands Government..could not but feel that they had been interrupted in the very act of bringing to birth the Indonesian Commonwealth.

1955 V. Nabokov Lolita II. xxvii. 164 My lurking eye..would make out from afar a half-naked nymphet stilled in the act of combing her Alice-in-Wonderland hair.

1991 D. Dabydeen Intended (1992) 33 Greater than the crime of sheep-stealing was that of being caught in the act. No man really worth his salt would be so foolish as to be discovered.

单词	to catch someone in the act
释义	> as lemmas to catch someone in the act P1. in the act (of) [after classical Latin in āctū] : in the process (of); in the middle of doing something. Also in the very act of. Frequently in to catch someone in the act: to surprise someone in the middle of doing something wrong or shameful (cf. sense 2d). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > in action [phrase] > in the act with the deedc1450 in the act (of)1555 to catch a person in the fact1712 in (occasionally the) hock1859 1555 E. Bonner Profitable & Necessarye Doctryne sig. D^v All other sacramentes do consist onely in the vse of them, that is to saye, in the very acte of ministration and receauynge of them. 1611 [see sense 2d]. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Yorks. 189 Theeves taken..in the very Act of stealing of cloath, are instantly beheaded with an Engine, without any further Legal Proceedings. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 39 And off the loud Oaths go, but while Th'are in the very Act, recoyl. c1746 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 220 It is in the very act to fly. 1785 Times 14 Jan. 3/4 The people of the house caught her in the act of removing the things; and so prevented the completion of her design. 1826 R. Southey Vindiciæ Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ 86 He was in the very act of death. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. vii. 106 My sister catching him in the act. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour v. 78 When armour was in the act of ceasing to be worn. 1948 D. Wehl Birth of Indonesia xii. 177 The Netherlands Government..could not but feel that they had been interrupted in the very act of bringing to birth the Indonesian Commonwealth. 1955 V. Nabokov Lolita II. xxvii. 164 My lurking eye..would make out from afar a half-naked nymphet stilled in the act of combing her Alice-in-Wonderland hair. 1991 D. Dabydeen Intended (1992) 33 Greater than the crime of sheep-stealing was that of being caught in the act. No man really worth his salt would be so foolish as to be discovered. extracted from actn. < as lemmas
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