catch-as-catch-can / ˈkætʃ əzˈkætʃˈkæn /

⚽高中词汇随手抓随手抓取随手抓的

catch-as-catch-can3 个定义

adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. Also catch-can . taking advantage of any opportunity; using any method that can be applied: a catch-as-catch-can life, as an itinerant handyman.
adv. 副词 adverb
  1. without specific plan or order: They lived catch-as-catch-can.
n. 名词 noun
  1. a style of wrestling in which the contestants are permitted to trip, tackle, and use holds below the waist.Compare Greco-Roman.

更多catch-as-catch-can例句

  1. They all immediately dashed out to their car to catch the bad guys.
  2. “The government just wanted to catch the big fish [in the Juarez cartel] and they ignored everything in between,” Lozoya said.
  3. From a lyrical standpoint, there are precious few that can catch Kendrick.
  4. With Rick, I think the culture just lags behind great artists much of the time, and it takes time for it to catch up.
  5. Over the years, Crawford has been largely silent, speaking out only for an as-told-to obituary to Houston published in Esquire.
  6. While you were admiring the long roll of the wave, a sudden spray would be dashed over you, and make you catch your breath!
  7. If I could catch Laura's eye—but I suppose it would hardly be decent to go just yet.
  8. Then Squinty would toss the apple up in the air, off his nose, and catch it as it came down.
  9. But what if I catch the fish by using a hired boat and a hired net, or by buying worms as bait from some one who has dug them?
  10. We nearly played our horses out galloping around looking for you—after we'd gone a mile or so, and you didn't catch up.