intercept

intercept
verb
  1. [with obj.]obstruct (someone or something) so as to prevent them from continuing to a destination
    拦截；截住
    intelligence agencies intercepted a series of telephone calls.
    情报局拦截了一系列电话。
    I intercepted Edward on his way to work.
    我在爱德华上班的路上拦住了他。
    ■(chiefly Physics)cut off or deflect (light or other electromagnetic radiation)
    (主物理)截断，中止（光等电磁辐射）；使（光等电磁辐射）偏转
    ■(Mathematics)(of a line or surface) mark or cut off (part of a space, line, or surface)
    (数)（线，面）截取，截去（部分空间，线，面）
noun
  1. an act or instance of intercepting something
    拦截；截获
    he read the file of radio intercepts.
    他阅读了无线电窃听的文件。
    ■(Mathematics)the point at which a given line cuts a coordinate axis; the value of the coordinate at that point
    (数)截点；截距
派生
interception
noun
interceptive
adjective
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the senses 'contain between limits' and 'halt (an effect'): from Latin intercept- 'caught between', from the verb intercipere, from inter- 'between' + capere 'take'
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