| 单词 | chase |
| 释义 | Word Frequency chase 1(tʃeɪs) verb 1. to follow or run after (a person, animal, or goal) persistently or quickly 2. (tr; often foll by out, away, or off) to force to run (away); drive (out) 3. (transitive) informal to court (a potential romantic or sexual partner) in an unsubtle manner 4. (transitive; often foll by up) informal to pursue persistently and energetically in order to obtain results, information, etc chase up the builders and get a delivery date 5. (intransitive) informal to hurry; rush noun 6. the act of chasing; pursuit 7. any quarry that is pursued 8. British an unenclosed area of land where wild animals are preserved to be hunted 9. British the right to hunt a particular quarry over the land of others 10. the chase 11. short for steeplechase 12. real tennis a ball that bounces twice, requiring the point to be played again 13. cut to the chase 14. give chase Derived forms chaseable (ˈchaseable) adjective Word origin C13: from Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin captiāre (unattested), from Latin captāre to pursue eagerly, from capere to take; see catchWord Frequency chase 2(tʃeɪs) noun 1. printing a rectangular steel or cast-iron frame into which metal type and blocks making up pages are locked for printing or plate-making 2. the part of a gun barrel from the front of the trunnions to the muzzle 3. a groove or channel, esp one that is cut in a wall to take a pipe, cable, etc verb (transitive) 4. Also: chamfer to cut a groove, furrow, or flute in (a surface, column, etc) Word origin C17 (in the sense: frame for letterpress matter): probably from French châsse frame (in the sense: bore of a cannon, etc): from Old French chas enclosure, from Late Latin capsus pen for animals; both from Latin capsa case2Word Frequency chase 3(tʃeɪs) verb (transitive) 1. Also: enchase to ornament (metal) by engraving or embossing 2. to form or finish (a screw thread) with a chaser Word origin C14: from Old French enchasser enchase |
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