pounce 的 3 个定义
pounced, pounc·ing.
- to swoop down suddenly and grasp, as a bird does in seizing its prey.
- to spring, dash, or come suddenly: Unexpectedly she pounced on the right answer.
pounced, pounc·ing.
- to seize suddenly: The bird quickly pounced its prey.
- the claw or talon of a bird of prey.
- a sudden swoop, as on an object of prey.
pounce 近义词
leap at; take by surprise
更多pounce例句
- Because of these differences, innate immune cells can speedily pounce on unwelcome intruders and diseased tissue.
- Schrems was the litigant who prompted that July ruling, and his organization was quick to pounce after it came through.
- These plays either hit the other team with a punchy burst of shotmaking or unfold slowly until a mistake or mismatch can be pounced upon.
- Doyle says a lot of teams should be in the market to pounce this year if the offer is right, but that also means trading partners could be hard to find.
- When the Texas Rangers gave up on their A-Rod experiment, the Red Sox pounced on the chance to upgrade from baseball’s second-best shortstop to its best.
- “I thought about throwing myself down a flight of stairs or have my eldest daughter pounce on top of me,” she said.
- In the event, in the long cat and mouse game that Stalin played with him, the cat did not pounce.
- Before long, though, the cat did pounce on friends, and family, and colleagues.
- It was easy for the media to pounce when he admitted to lacking a comprehensive strategy for tackling ISIS.
- The SPLC points to Tom DeWeese as one of the first pounce on the U.N. plan.
- Sure enough, there was the kitten, not taking the least care of her necktie, just ready to pounce upon a big mouse.
- And so each day he hungered for the news, and when the paper came he would pounce upon it.
- She bent above the page, and in the fever of her interest seemed to pounce on it and scurry over it.
- The Indians took advantage of this to pounce upon their unsuspecting guests, at a given signal, and began killing them.
- If Carlo was waiting at the entrance to pounce upon him, he wasn't going to be caught napping.