pounce

pounce1
verb
  1. [no obj.](of an animal or bird of prey) spring or swoop suddenly so as to catch prey
    （猛兽或禽为捕获猎物）猛扑，突然袭击；猛冲
    as he watched, a mink pounced on the vole.
    在他观察的时候，一只貂朝那只田鼠猛扑过去。
    she looked like a vulture waiting to pounce.
    她看上去像一只伺机扑食的兀鹫。
    ■(of a person) spring forward suddenly so as to attack or seize someone or something
    （人为袭击或抓捕）猛扑
    the gang pounced on him and knocked him to the ground.
    那帮人猛然把他扑倒在地。
    ■(figurative)take sudden decisive action so as to grasp an opportunity
    (喻)把握时机
    he pounced after the break to give the United the goal they deserved.
    他在中场休息后抓住机会联队进了应进的球。
    ■(figurative)notice and take swift and eager advantage of a mistake, remark, or sign of weakness
    (喻)迅速急切地利用（错误，话语，弱点）
    the paper pounced on her admission that she is still a member of CND.
    这家报纸很快就大肆利用了她承认自己仍是核裁军运动成员这一点。
noun
  1. a sudden swoop or spring
    猛扑
派生
pouncer
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English (as a noun denoting a tool for stamping or punching): origin obscure, perhaps from puncheon. The noun sense 'claw, talon' arose in the late 15th cent. and gave rise to the verb (late 17th cent.)
pounce2
noun
[mass noun]
  1. a fine resinous powder formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on unglazed paper or to prepare parchment to receive writing
    吸墨粉
    ■powdered charcoal or other fine powder dusted over a perforated pattern to transfer the design to the object beneath
    印花粉
verb
[with obj.]
  1. smooth down by rubbing with pounce or pumice
    （用吸墨粉，浮石粉）把…磨光
  2. transfer (a design) by the use of pounce
    （用印花粉）印制（图案）
派生
pouncer
noun
语源
  1. late 16th cent. (as a verb): from French poncer, based on Latin pumex 'pumice'
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