| 单词 | catchy |
| 释义 | catchy (once / 10251 pages) 1adj 2adj Something that's catchy grabs your attention or sticks in your memory. A catchy TV commercial jingle is one that kids can't stop singing. Ad executives are always seeking catchy slogans or ideas, and movie distributors work hard to put out catchy trailers for new films. Successful pop musicians have solved the puzzle of how to write a catchy song. In all of these cases, the catchy item appeals to many people and stays with them. The word dates from the 1830s, possibly from the sense of catch meaning "contract an illness that's passed from person to person." WORD FAMILYcatchy: catchier, catchiest, catchily+/catch: catched, catcher, catches, catching, catchment, catchy, caught/catcher: catchers/catching: catchingly, catchings/catchment: catchments USAGE EXAMPLESThere are, of course, many ways to pen a catchy tune. Washington Post(Oct 19, 2016) According to Macmillan Dictionary, it "reflects a growing trend in recent years of coining a catchy new expression to appealingly characterise a topical scenario". BBC(Dec 24, 2016) Sweden’s latest export is a youthful and vivacious singer-songwriter with unabashed enthusiasm for catchy lyrics and danceable tunes. Time(Dec 23, 2016) 1 adj likely to attract attention 2a catchy title for a movie Syn attention-getting appealing able to attract interest or draw favorable attention adj having concealed difficulty a catchy question Syn tricky difficult, hard not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure |
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