| 单词 | pounce |
| 释义 | pounce (once / 1454 pages) vn To pounce is to attack suddenly by leaping onto your prey. A tiger will slowly sneak up on its prey and then suddenly pounce, using speed as much as strength to make the kill. Of all the animals, cats are the best at pouncing. Snakes strike. Elephants charge. But when an animal leaps onto its prey, that's pouncing. When we talk about how people pounce, however, we're usually talking more figuratively. When we say that a person pounced on another person, we mean that they attacked viciously without warning — usually giving the victim no time to defend themselves. Lawyers pounce on witnesses, for example. If you feel suddenly ganged-up on, you might feel pounced upon. WORD FAMILYpounce: pounced, pounces, pouncing USAGE EXAMPLESBut the Falcons pounced on a second onside try with 38 seconds remaining, securing the victory. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Stumble in the process and the critics will be quick to pounce. Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016) When the sandwich arrived, in a riot of glitter, hymn and angel wings, both men pounced on Mr. Broderick’s religious inheritance. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1v move down on as if in an attack Syn|Hypo|Hyper swoop stoop descend swiftly, as if on prey come down, descend, fall, go down move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way 2n the act of pouncing Hyper bounce, bound, leap, leaping, saltation, spring a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards |
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