chase
chase 英 [tʃeɪs] 美 [tʃes]
v. 追逐；追赶 n. 追逐；追赶
进行时:chasing 过去式:chased 过去分词:chased 第三人称单数:chases 名词复数:chases
- To chase is to follow or go after someone or something you want. This activity is called a chase. Dogs chase cats, cats chase mice, and mice are in big trouble.
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- v. 追逐；追赶
- n. 追逐；追赶
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1. My dog likes chasing rabbits.
我的狗喜欢追捕兔子。
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2. He chased after the thief but couldn't catch him.
他追赶那个盗贼却没有抓住他。
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3. Kevin's been chasing after Joan for months.
凯文几个月来一直在追求琼。
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4. I need to chase him about organizing the meeting.
我得催他有关筹办会议的事。
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5. a high-speed car chase
一场汽车的高速角逐
- chase (n.1) mid-13c., chace, "a hunt, a pursuit (of a wild animal) for the purpose of capturing and killing," from Old French chace "a hunt, a chase; hunting ground" (12c.), from chacier (see chase (v.)). Meaning "a pursuit" (of an enemy, etc.) is early 14c. Meaning "occupation or passtime of hunting wild animals" is from early 14c.; meaning "group of hunters pursuing game" is from 1811. Sense of "piece of privately owned open ground preserved for animals to be hunted" is from mid-15c.
- chase (n.2) "groove cut into any object," 1610s, from French chas "enclosure, enclosed space," from Vulgar Latin *capsum, from Latin capere "to take, receive, contain" (from PIE root *kap- "to grasp"). Meaning "bore of a gun barrel" is from 1640s.
- chase (v.) c. 1300, chacen "to hunt; to cause to go away; put to flight," from Old French chacier "to hunt, ride swiftly, strive for" (12c., Modern French chasser), from Vulgar Latin *captiare "try to seize, chase" (source of Italian cacciare, Catalan casar, Spanish cazar, Portuguese caçar "to chase, hunt"), from Latin captare "to take, hold," frequentative of capere "to take, hold," from PIE root *kap- "to grasp." The Old French word is a variant of cacier, cachier, making chase a doublet of catch (v.).
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