pounce
verb [intransitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they pounce | |
| he / she / it pounces | |
| past simple pounced | |
| past participle pounced | |
| -ing form pouncing |
to move suddenly forwards in order to attack or catch somebody/something 猛撲；突襲 The lion crouched ready to pounce. 獅子蹲下身，準備猛撲。 The cat crouched down as if about to pounce. 那只貓蹲下身子，好像要撲上去。 - pounce on/upon somebody/something
The muggers pounced on her as she got out of the car. 她一下汽車，劫匪便向她撲上去。 Hegerberg pounced on the loose ball and scored. 海格伯格撲向鬆動的球，得分。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPounce is used with these nouns as the subject:- cat
Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun denoting a tool for stamping or punching): origin obscure, perhaps from puncheon. The noun sense ‘a bird's claw’ arose in the late 15th cent. and gave rise to the verb (late 17th cent.).