单词 | caught |
释义 | caughtadj. That is or has been caught (in various senses of catch v.). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > catching or capture > [adjective] > caught or captured ylahtc1306 caught1670 captured1796 seized1837 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [adjective] > bound, fettered, or shackled > trapped or ensnared snarledc1440 trappedc1440 ensnared1643 caught1670 snared1837 1670 J. Ogilby Africa 108 An odd and sudden flutter of the Tongue, shot out near a hands breadth, ingurges the caught prey in a trice. 1678 N. Lee Mithridates ii. i. 19 Like a caught Lyon, raging in the snare, He..struggles with the Toil that holds him faster. 1787 European Mag. & London Rev. Aug. 144/2 Others pretend to feel what Thomson felt, For the caught Hare or slaughter'd Partridge melt. 1865 Cassell's Illustr. Family Paper 1 July 365/3 No run is scored for a caught ball. 1889 Outing Jan. 331/2 Mr. Perker was able to kick, and a single kick freed his caught foot. 1934 H. G. Wells Exper. in Autobiogr. I. iv. 114 A considerable number..get that caught feeling rather later. 1954 N.Y. Times 26 Apr. 46/2 The caught fish is thus seen as but a symbol, a secret symbol of the brotherhood of anglers. 2012 Irish Times (Nexis) 18 Feb. (Mag.) 4 The other evening, fat on cheese and mint chocolate, there trembled a caught mouse surveying his prison. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1670 |
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