名詞 pounce:

1. the act of pouncing

動(dòng)詞 pounce:

1. move down on as if in an attack
   同義詞：swoop

1. He pounced on my offer.
   他欣然接受了我的報(bào)價(jià)。
2. We saw the tiger pouncing on the goat.
   我們看見(jiàn)老虎向那只山羊撲過(guò)去。
3. We hid behind the bushes, ready to pounce on the intruder.
   我們藏在灌木叢后，準(zhǔn)備向來(lái)犯者發(fā)起突然襲擊。

pounce

v.（動(dòng)詞）
pounced,pounc.ing,pounc.es
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To spring or swoop with intent to seize someone or something:
猛撲，猛沖：突然跳起或突然襲擊以抓住某人或某物：
例句：
a cat that pounced on a mouse; watched the falcon pounce on the baby rabbit.
猛地?fù)湎蚶鲜蟮呢?；注視著老鷹撲食幼?/br>
To attack suddenly:
突然襲擊：
例句：
irregular troops who pounced on the convoy at a narrow pass; a colleague who pounced on me because of a mistake in my report.
在狹窄的山隘處突然襲擊護(hù)送隊(duì)的非正規(guī)部隊(duì)；因我在報(bào)告中所犯的一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤而猛烈攻擊我的一個(gè)同事

To seize something swiftly and eagerly:
掌握，抓?。貉杆僮プ∧澄铮鼻械刈プ∧澄铮?/br>例句：
pounce on an opportunity.
掌握機(jī)會(huì)

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To seize with or as if with talons.
用爪抓?。河米鹑』蚝孟笥米鹑?/br>n.（名詞）
The act or an instance of pouncing.
襲擊：猛撲的行為或?qū)嵗?/br>The talon or claw of a bird of prey.
爪：猛禽的爪子

來(lái)源：
From Middle English [pointed tool, talon of a hawk]
源自 中古英語(yǔ) [尖利工具，鷹的爪子]
perhaps variant of ponson [pointed tool] * see puncheon
可能為 ponson的變體 [尖利工具] *參見(jiàn) puncheon

【引伸】
pounc.er
n.（名詞）

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pounce
pounce 2

n.（名詞）
A fine powder formerly used to smooth and finish writing paper and soak up ink.
吸墨粉：原用作光滑和完成寫(xiě)字紙的細(xì)粉末且可吸墨
A fine powder, such as pulverized charcoal, dusted over a stencil to transfer a design to an underlying surface.
印花粉：撒于鏤花模板上以便在其表面上印出圖案的細(xì)粉末，如磨碎的木炭粉
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
pounced,pounc.ing,pounc.es
To sprinkle, smooth, or treat with pounce.
在…上撒吸墨粉：用吸墨粉噴灑、用吸墨粉使光滑或用吸墨粉處理
To transfer (a stenciled design) with pounce.
以印花粉?。河糜』ǚ勰┺D(zhuǎn)?。ㄧU空模板花樣）

來(lái)源：
French ponce
法語(yǔ) ponce
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Vulgar Latin *pômex pômic-
源自 俗拉丁語(yǔ) *pômex pômic-
from Latin pômex [pumice]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) pômex [浮石]

【引伸】
pounc.er
n.（名詞）

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pounce
pounce 3

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
pounced,pounc.ing,pounc.es
To ornament (metal, for example) by perforating from the back with a pointed implement.
從背面刺穿：用尖利的工具從背后穿孔以裝飾（如金屬）

來(lái)源：
Middle English pouncen
中古英語(yǔ) pouncen
probably from Old French poinssonner
可能源自 古法語(yǔ) poinssonner
from poinson [pointed tool] * see puncheon
源自 poinson [尖利的工具] *參見(jiàn) puncheon