chase

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A groove cut in an object; a slot: the chase for the quarrel on a crossbow.
  2. A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing or plate-making.
    — The die-maker should work upon the surface of an imposing table. First, he places on the table the chase in which the die is to be locked up. Second, he fills in the chase with regular printer’s wood furniture, leaving space in the center for the die, and placing locking quoins near the top of the chase and on the right-hand side of the chase. Third, the cutting and creasing rules are set in the open space in the center of the chase, filling in with metal or wood furniture.
  3. The act of one who chases another; a pursuit. countable,uncountable
  4. A hunt; the act of hunting; the pursuit of game. countable,uncountable
    — By-and-by, she wandered away to an unnecessary revelation of her master's whereabouts: gone to help in the search for his landlord, the Sieur de Poissy, who lived at the château just above, and who had not returned from his chase the day before; so the intendant imagined he might have met with some accident, and had summoned the neighbours to beat the forest and the hill-side.
  5. A trench or channel or other encasement structure for encasing (archaically spelled enchasing) drainpipes or wiring; a hollow space in the wall of a building encasing ventilation ducts, chimney flues, wires, cables or plumbing.
  6. The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.
  7. A children's game where one player chases another. uncountable
    — Some children like to be caught when playing chase, and others do not.
  8. The cavity of a mold.
  9. A large country estate where game may be shot or hunted. UK,countable,uncountable
    — Outside, the stately oaks, rooted for ages in the green ground which has never known ploughshare, but was still a chase when kings rode to battle with sword and shield and rode a-hunting with bow and arrow, bear witness to his greatness.
  10. A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats.
  11. Anything being chased, especially a vessel in time of war. countable,uncountable
  12. A wild animal that is hunted. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — As touching the Harte and such other light chases or beasts of Uenerie, the huntesmen on horsebacke may followe theyr houndes alwayes by the same wayes that they saw him passe ouer,
  13. Any of the guns that fire directly ahead or astern; either a bow chase or stern chase. countable,uncountable
  14. The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point. countable,uncountable
  15. A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive the ball in order to gain a point. countable,uncountable
  16. One or more riders who are ahead of the peloton and trying to join the race or stage leaders. countable,uncountable
  17. A series of brief improvised jazz solos by a number of musicians taking turns. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To pursue.; To follow at speed. transitive
  2. To groove; indent. transitive
  3. To pursue.; To hunt. transitive
  4. To place piping or wiring in a groove encased within a wall or floor, or in a hidden space encased by a wall. transitive
    — chase the pipe
  5. To cut (the thread of a screw). transitive
  6. To pursue.; To seek to attain. transitive
    — The team are chasing their first home win this season.
  7. To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing. transitive
  8. To pursue.; To persistently pursue someone as a sexual or romantic partner. transitive
    — He spends all his free time chasing girls.
  9. To pursue.; To pursue a vessel in order to destroy, capture or interrogate her. transitive
  10. To consume another beverage immediately after drinking hard liquor, typically something better tasting or less harsh such as soda or beer; to use a drink as a chaser. transitive
    — I need something to chase this shot with.
  11. To attempt to win by scoring the required number of runs in the final innings. transitive
    — Australia will be chasing 217 for victory on the final day.
  12. To swing at a pitch outside of the strike zone, typically an outside pitch. transitive
    — Jones chases one out of the zone for strike two.
  13. To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed. transitive
    — The rally chased the starter.

词形变化

chases plural chace alternative chases present,singular,third-person chasing participle,present chased participle,past chased past chace alternative chases plural chases plural chases present,singular,third-person chasing participle,present chased participle,past chased past

词汇关系

近义词
pursue
衍生词
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相关词
follow

词源

词源 1
From Middle English chacen, from Anglo-Norman chacer, Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captāre, frequentative of capere. Compare French chasser (“to hunt”, “to chase”), Spanish cazar (“to hunt”), Portuguese caçar (“to hunt”)
, see Norwegian skysse (“to hunt”).
Doublet of catch and related to capture. Displaced native Old English ōht, ēhtnes, and wāþ. Broadly overtook Old English huntaþ.
词源 2
Perhaps from French châsse (“case”, “reliquary”), from Old French chasse, from Latin capsa. Doublet of case, cash, and chasse.
词源 3
Possibly from obsolete French chas (“groove”, “enclosure”), from Old French, from Latin capsa (“box”). Or perhaps a shortening or derivative of enchase. Doublet of case, cash, and chasse.
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