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释义 | chase1 verbchase2 noun chasechase1 /tʃeɪs/ ●●● S3 verb ![]() ![]() MENU FOR chasechase1 follow2 make somebody/something leave3 try to get something4 hurry5 romance6 metal7 chase the dragonPhrasal verbschase somebody/something downchase somebody/something up Word OriginWORD ORIGINchase1 Verb TableOrigin: 1-5, 7 1200-1300 Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin captiare; ➔ CATCH16 1400-1500 enchase ‘to set (a jewel)’ (15-21 centuries), from French enchâsser, from châsse ‘case, setting’, from Latin capsa; ➔ CASE1VERB TABLE chase
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
THESAURUS► follow Collocations to walk, drive etc behind or after someone, for example in order to see where they are going: · The man had followed her home to find out where she lived.· Follow that car!· He hired a detective to follow her. ► chase to quickly run or drive after someone or something in order to catch them when they are trying to escape: · Police chased the car along the motorway at speeds of up to 90 mph. ► run after somebody/go after somebody to quickly follow someone or something in order to stop them or talk to them: · I ran after him to say sorry, but he’d already got on the bus. ► stalk to secretly follow an animal in order to kill it, or to secretly follow a person in order to attack them: · a tiger stalking its prey· He had a long history of stalking women in his neighbourhood. ► pursue written to chase someone in a very determined way: · The ship was being pursued by enemy submarines. ► give chase written to chase someone or something who is trying to escape from you: · One of the officers gave chase and arrested the man.· The calf ran away and the lion gave chase. ► tail to secretly follow someone in order to watch what they do and where they go: · Apparently, the police had been tailing the terrorists for months. ► track to follow and find a person or animal by looking at the marks they leave on the ground: · The bushmen were tracking antelope in the Kalahari desert. Longman Language Activatorto follow a person or animal quickly in order to catch them► run after to run or walk quickly behind someone in order to catch them or talk to them, when they are going away from you: · A group of little boys ran after him to ask for his autograph.· She's left her briefcase. Quick! Run after her! ► chase to run after someone in order to catch them, when they are trying to escape from you: · I didn't have the energy to chase him any more.chase somebody across/up/down etc something: · The farmer chased the children across the field.chase after: · We chased after him for about five blocks but then we lost him and had to turn back. ► pursue especially written to chase someone in a very determined way - used especially in stories and news reports: · Police pursued the gunman into an abandoned building.· The ship was being pursued by enemy submarines. ► in pursuit if you are in pursuit of someone, you chase them because you want to catch them -- used especially in stories and news reports: · The robbers sped off in a stolen car with three police vehicles in pursuit.in pursuit of: · Cheng raced through a crowded shopping mall in pursuit of the man who had grabbed her purse.in hot pursuit: · A deer suddenly sprang across the road, with a pack of hunting dogs in hot pursuit. ► be on/at somebody's heels written to follow very closely behind someone who is trying to escape from you, especially when you want to catch or attack them - used especially in stories: · The rebels headed for the border but government troops were still at their heels.be hard/hot/close on somebody's heels: · Just 15 minutes into the race Lawson was already hot on the champion's heels.on/at somebody's heels: · He rushed out of the theatre with a pack of reporters at his heels. ► go after to follow someone quickly especially because you want to talk to them: · Don't go after him now. Let him calm down first. ► give chase to start to chase someone who is trying to escape from you - used especially in stories and descriptions: · Police spotted the car speeding on Dumbarton Bridge and quickly gave chase. WORD SETS► Visualabstract, adjectiveafter, prepositionArt Deco, nounart gallery, nounartist, nounArt Nouveau, nounbackground, nouncalligraphy, nouncaricature, nouncaricature, verbcaricaturist, nouncartoon, nouncarving, nounceramics, nounchalk, nouncharcoal, nounchase, verbclip art, nouncomposition, nounconceptual art, nouncontrast, nouncrayon, nouncrayon, verbcutout, noundecal, noundimension, noundoodle, verbdraughtsman, noundrawing, nounengrave, verbengraving, nounexhibit, nounfigurative, adjectivefigure, nounfreehand, adjectivegallery, noungilt, noungilt, adjectivegraphic, adjectivegraphic design, noungraphics, nouniconography, nounillustrate, verbillustration, nounink, nounink, verbinset, verbintaglio, nounlacquer, nounlacquer, verblaser, nounlife-size, adjectivelight show, nounlinocut, nounmanikin, nounmezzotint, nounmobile, nounmodel, nounmodel, verbmodernism, nounmontage, nounmosaic, nounmount, verbmural, nounmuseum, nounnaturalism, nounnaturalistic, adjectiveneedlepoint, nounnude, nounobjet d'art, nounochre, nounold master, nounop art, nounormolu, nounornamentation, nounoutline, verbpanorama, nounpantograph, nounpastel, nounpastel, adjectiveperspective, nounpicture, nounpicture, verbplasticity, nounpop art, nounportfolio, nounpose, verbpose, nounprimary colour, nounprint, verbprint, nounrelief, nounrepresentational, adjectiverestrained, adjectiveretro, nounretrospective, nounrubbing, nounself-portrait, nounshade, nounshade, verbsilk screen, adjectivesilversmith, nounsitter, nounsketch, nounsketch, verbsketchpad, nounson et lumière, nounstudy, nounstylized, adjectivesuperimpose, verbsymbol, nountattoo, nountattoo, verbtessellated, adjectivetransfer, nounturpentine, nounvanishing point, nounvibrant, adjectiveview, nounvisual aid, nounvisual arts, nounwoodcarving, nounwoodcut, noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a car chase Phrases· The best bit in the movie was the car chase through the city. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► ball· Just as the wolf will chase its prey, Fido chases his ball.· Sadly, most soccer sims just involve hoofing it up the pitch and loads of chasing aimlessly after the ball.· The child Mary, in the hurly-burly of lacrosse, is simply chasing a ball.· Children still chase a ball there but it isn't the same.· If not chasing a ball, he plays another game, this time it is Chess.· His dodging of tackles, chasing the ball less etc. ► car· Two men threw bottles and other material at police cars which chased them after a raid at a chemist shop in Tarporley.· Even when all the falling in love and car chasing and mystery solving goes on among the white folks.· Inspired by those ten minutes in Bullitt, film producers even tried extending the car chase to fill the whole film.· Their car was being chased by police.· Police cars chased two men after a raid at a chemist shop in Tarporley on Saturday. ► dream· Changing their destiny Shahidul Alam travels with the poor who chase a dream to distant lands.· Approximately 70 relatives and friends have made the trip from Pittsburgh to watch this grad student in biology chase her dream.· Now he's prepared to give up his day job to chase the dream.· Because education isn't only useful for those countries chasing an impossible dream of Western industrial development. ► girl· They're all chasing the good looking girls.· The gunman began shooting from a watchtower, then chased the girls down a hill, spraying gunfire as he ran.· Once, he chased a young girl up into the Milky Way. ► man· The man chased me but I ran.· No man liked to be chased.· Should the man choose to chase the quail rather than shoot it, he would almost certainly still have his dinner.· The men in it were chasing me.· Whatever may seem the case to a man chasing a bus, running involves little work for most vertebrates.· She kept going, blindly, and with both men chasing her.· I told him my story, and he and his men chased the pirates down into the cove.· He had seen a man being chased by two Riotsville hoodlums. ► other· Knowing those rules, Bush and Gore chased each other in and out of the same battleground states.· I was in New Hampshire recently watching the Republican presidential candidates chase each other and potential primary voters around.· Wyatt noticed, through the window, two squirrels chasing each other on the lawn.· A pair of coevolutionary creatures chasing each other in an escalating arms race can only seem to veer out of control.· Kids were chasing each other and playing. ► police· Despite a police chase the men managed to escape through bushes.· The incident began early Sunday when San Jose police began chasing the man for resisting arrest and drug use.· Two men threw bottles and other material at police cars which chased them after a raid at a chemist shop in Tarporley.· The photographers say city police chase them away only occasionally.· His body was discovered not by concerned neighbours but by police chasing unpaid bills.· But he stopped when police chased him and he was almost hit by a passing car.· He was killed when the police were chasing him; he crashed his car.· The police chase them off, but they always come back. ► street· On one occasion she was chased through the streets by a car full of excited young Arabs.· Of course, he was being chased down the street by some westside thug wannabes.· Early in the morning, after the Rotonde had closed, Modigliani would chase her up the street.· Reports have the Sharks chasing Gretzky down the street, throwing bills at him. ► tail· A cat chasing its own tail.· At work they chase their tails, as Neil says.· Horses kept in small yards by themselves develop repetitive patterns of abnormal behaviour, such as whirling in circles and chasing their tails.· If you don't want your image tarnished, chase your tail before you get into serious trouble.· And some of the grander arguments, too, are beginning to chase their own tails.· The rest of the squadron was still below, plunging and climbing and chasing its tail. VERB► start· They started chasing after all these hippy cult groups and all the criminals were on drugs.· Then they start chasing each other again, screaming and laughing and they run off into the woods.· The climbing predator is in no position to start chasing after the cackling parent bird, nomatterhow tempting it may be. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► cut to the chase 1follow [intransitive, transitive] to quickly follow someone or something in order to catch them:
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Longman Language Activatorto follow a person or animal quickly in order to catch them► run after Collocations to run or walk quickly behind someone in order to catch them or talk to them, when they are going away from you: · A group of little boys ran after him to ask for his autograph.· She's left her briefcase. Quick! Run after her! ► chase to run after someone in order to catch them, when they are trying to escape from you: · I didn't have the energy to chase him any more.chase somebody across/up/down etc something: · The farmer chased the children across the field.chase after: · We chased after him for about five blocks but then we lost him and had to turn back. ► pursue especially written to chase someone in a very determined way - used especially in stories and news reports: · Police pursued the gunman into an abandoned building.· The ship was being pursued by enemy submarines. ► in pursuit if you are in pursuit of someone, you chase them because you want to catch them -- used especially in stories and news reports: · The robbers sped off in a stolen car with three police vehicles in pursuit.in pursuit of: · Cheng raced through a crowded shopping mall in pursuit of the man who had grabbed her purse.in hot pursuit: · A deer suddenly sprang across the road, with a pack of hunting dogs in hot pursuit. ► be on/at somebody's heels written to follow very closely behind someone who is trying to escape from you, especially when you want to catch or attack them - used especially in stories: · The rebels headed for the border but government troops were still at their heels.be hard/hot/close on somebody's heels: · Just 15 minutes into the race Lawson was already hot on the champion's heels.on/at somebody's heels: · He rushed out of the theatre with a pack of reporters at his heels. ► go after to follow someone quickly especially because you want to talk to them: · Don't go after him now. Let him calm down first. ► give chase to start to chase someone who is trying to escape from you - used especially in stories and descriptions: · Police spotted the car speeding on Dumbarton Bridge and quickly gave chase. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► car chase Phrases![]() ![]() · The best bit in the movie was the car chase through the city. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► wild· Save yourself a wild goose chase round the shops.· In a wild chase the crews finally overtake a very old and crippled whale.· They deliberately sent me on a wild goose chase.· I thought, Don't know about a wild goose chase, this is a lame duck chase.· Instead of that, he had become involved in what was most likely a wild goose chase.· The tracks show a gentle canter, no wild chase after red deer.· On that occasion their predicament had been spotted and a boat had been sent out from Sharpness on a wild goose chase.· Each shopping trip is a wild goose chase. NOUN► car· There are few film directors who can resist a good car chase.· His heists invariably end in shootouts, explosions and car chases.· The flash alerted the criminal, and with a few choice words exchanged, the car chase resumed.· And, of course, the climactic car chase, with Jackie piloting a sports car on to a pleasure boat.· It was a world which howled with car chases and teetered between excitement and extinction.· It was going to be a very long car chase.· Eventually car chases became a clich, and film makers explored alternative transport in their quest for cinematic thrills.· The cab paused at an intersection to give right of way to a car chase. ► goose· Save yourself a wild goose chase round the shops.· They deliberately sent me on a wild goose chase.· I thought, Don't know about a wild goose chase, this is a lame duck chase.· Instead of that, he had become involved in what was most likely a wild goose chase.· On that occasion their predicament had been spotted and a boat had been sent out from Sharpness on a wild goose chase.· Each shopping trip is a wild goose chase.· Looking around the room, Harry wondered if Potts had deliberately sent him on a wild goose chase.· The photographs might represent a wild goose chase after the random neuroses of an insecure young woman. ► paper· I was asked to do a straight forward paper chase, as we call it, and a few interviews. VERB► cut· Alternatively, casual fans can just cut straight to the chase.· These kinds of hi-how-are-yous can be terribly coy and cumbersome, so I thought it best to cut tothe chase.· Again and again, he cuts from the chase to the chaser. ► give· It was later spotted in Lisburn at 4.15am on Sunday by police who gave chase.· He gave chase and quickly caught one and killed it with a snap of his bill.· The police gave chase and arrested the man.· The officers gave chase and radioed for assistance.· Sancho fell dying outside his own pavilion while Rodrigo and others gave chase.· When a Gingerbread Man jumped out of the oven and ran away, all sorts of people and animals gave chase.· Matchsticks gave chase, catching her in mid-stride.· The porter gave chase, assisted by two Bulldogs who happened to be in the lodge at the time. ► join· After the tour, Manly was joined in the chase for Ofahengaue's signature by St. George.· She started to regret her impulsiveness in joining a wild-goose obstacle chase. ► lead· My parliamentary colleague, the Member for Ludlow, Christopher Gill, has been leading the chase.· Opener David Smith led the run chase with 82 and was given crucial support by Martin Speight who chipped in with 38. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► cut to the chase 1[countable] the act of following someone or something quickly in order to catch them:
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