catch red-handed 的定义
- Also, catch in the act. Apprehend someone in the course of wrongdoing, as in The boys were trying to steal a car and the police caught them red-handed, or He tried to cheat on the exam, but his teacher walked in and caught him in the act. The first term referred to blood on a murderer's hands and originally signified only that crime. Later it was extended to any offense. The variant is a translation of the Latin in flagrante delicto, part of the Roman code and long used in English law.
catch red-handed 近义词
等同于 surprise
catch red-handed 的近义词 22 个
- startle
- ambush
- bushwhack
- capture
- discover
- grab
- grasp
- nab
- seize
- take
- waylay
- burst in on
- catch in the act
- catch off-balance
- catch off-guard
- catch unawares
- come down on
- drop in on
- lay for
- lie in wait
- spring on
- take by surprise
catch red-handed 的反义词 9 个
更多catch red-handed例句
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- They all immediately dashed out to their car to catch the bad guys.
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- There was deep brown flesh, and bronze flesh, and pallid white flesh, and flesh turned red from the hot sun.
- Beginners must be warned against mistaking the edges of cells, or particles which have retained the red stain, for bacilli.
- Under the internal pressure his whiskers stood on end and his face grew red.
- “You appear to feel it so,” rejoined Mr. Pickwick, smiling at the clerk, who was literally red-hot.
- Ripperda's eye fell upon the mantle,—it was discoloured a dark red in many places, he nodded his head, and the man withdrew.
- C was a Captain, all covered with lace; D was a drunkard, and had a red face.