bounce
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they bounce | |
| he / she / it bounces | |
| past simple bounced | |
| past participle bounced | |
| -ing form bouncing |
- [intransitive, transitive]
if something bounces or you bounce it, it moves quickly away from a surface it has just hit or you make it do this （使）弹起，弹跳；反射 The ball bounced twice before he could reach it. 球弹跳两次他才接到。 - bounce off something
Short sound waves bounce off even small objects. 短声波即使遇到小物体都会产生回音。 The light bounced off the river and dazzled her. 河面上银波粼粼，令她目眩。 - + adv./prep.
The ball bounced high and she missed it. 球弹得很高，她没有接住。 - bounce something (against/on/off something)
She bounced the ball against the wall. 她对着墙打球。
Extra ExamplesThe stone hit the window but bounced off. 石头打中了窗户但是弹开了。 - (figurative)
The idea had been bouncing around in my head for some time. 有一段时间，这个念头一直在我的头脑里挥之不去。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- high
- back
- off
- …
- against
- around
- down
- …
- [intransitive] bounce (up and down) (on something)
(of a person 人 to jump up and down on something （在…上）跳动，蹦 - [transitive] bounce somebody (up and down) (on something)
to move a child up and down while he or she is sitting on your knee in order to entertain him or her 把（小孩）放在膝上颠着玩 I bounced the baby on my knee while Pat did the dishes. 帕特在洗碗，我就把孩子放在膝上颠着玩。
- [intransitive, transitive] bounce (something) (up and down)
to move up and down; to move something up and down （使）上下晃动 - [intransitive] + adv./prep.
to move up and down in a particular direction （朝某个方向）颠簸行进 - [intransitive] + adv./prep.
(of a person 人 to move somewhere in a lively and cheerful way 活泼兴奋地走，蹦蹦跳跳地去（到某处） - [intransitive, transitive] bounce (something) (informal)
if a cheque bounces, or a bank bounces it, the bank refuses to accept it because there is not enough money in the bank account to pay it （支票等）被拒付退回；拒付，退回（支票等） - [transitive] bounce ideas (off somebody)/(around)
to tell somebody your ideas in order to find out what they think about them （向某人）试探地透露（主意） - [intransitive, transitive] bounce (something) (back)
if an email bounces or the system bounces it, it returns to the person who sent it because the system cannot deliver it （电子邮件）被退回；退回（电子邮件） I tried to send her an email but it bounced. 我试图给她发一封电子邮件，但被拒绝了。 The system automatically bounces emails which contain attachments. 系统会自动退回包含附件的电子邮件。
- [transitive] bounce somebody (from something) (especially North American English, informal)
to force somebody to leave a job, team, place, etc. 解雇；开除；撵走；逐出 - [intransitive] (informal)
to leave a place or group of people 解雇；开除；撵走；逐出 All right, cool, we'll bounce. 好吧，酷，我们走。
move off surface离开表面
move up and down上下移动
move with energy有活力地走动
cheque支票
ideas主意
computing计算机技术
make somebody leave使离开
leave离去
Word OriginMiddle English bunsen ‘beat, thump’, perhaps imitative, or from Low German bunsen ‘beat’, Dutch bons ‘a thump’.
Idioms
be bouncing off the walls
- (informal)
to be so full of energy or so excited that you cannot keep still 精力充沛得待不住；激动得难以平静 The kids have been bouncing off the walls all day. 孩子们一整天都在墙上蹦蹦跳跳。