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 猛扑；突袭 The lion crouched ready to pounce. 狮子蹲下身，准备猛扑。 The cat crouched down as if about to pounce. 那只猫蹲下身子，好像要扑上去。 - pounce on/upon somebody/something
The muggers pounced on her as she got out of the car. 她一下汽车，劫匪便向她扑上去。 Hegerberg pounced on the loose ball and scored. 海格伯格扑向松动的球，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.).