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易傳染的,有魅力的,迷人的

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Catch \Catch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caught}or {Catched}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Catching}. Catched is rarely used.] [OE. cacchen,
   OF. cachier, dialectic form of chacier to hunt, F. chasser,
   fr. (assumend) LL. captiare, for L. capture, V. intens. of
   capere to take, catch. See {Capacious}, and cf. {Chase},
   {Case} a box.]
   1. To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to
      grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding;
      as, to catch a ball.

   2. To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief.
      ``They pursued . . . and caught him.'' --Judg. i. 6.

   3. To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as,
      to catch a bird or fish.

   4. Hence: To insnare; to entangle. ``To catch him in his
      words''. --Mark xii. 13.

   5. To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to
      catch a melody. ``Fiery thoughts . . . whereof I catch the
      issue.'' --Tennyson.

   6. To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the
      adjoining building.

   7. To engage and attach; to please; to charm.

            The soothing arts that catch the fair. --Dryden.

   8. To get possession of; to attain.

            Torment myself to catch the English throne. --Shak.

   9. To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion,
      infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an
      occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold;
      the house caught fire.

   10. To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to
       catch one in the act of stealing.

   11. To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train.

   {To catch fire}, to become inflamed or ignited.

   {to catch it} to get a scolding or beating; to suffer
      punishment. [Colloq.]

   {To catch one's eye}, to interrupt captiously while speaking.
      [Colloq.] ``You catch me up so very short.'' --Dickens.

   {To catch up}, to snatch; to take up suddenly.

Catching \Catch"ing\ a.
   1. Infectious; contagious.

   2. Captivating; alluring.

Catching \Catch"ing\, n.
   The act of seizing or taking hold of.

   {Catching bargain} (Law), a bargain made with an heir
      expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an
      inadequate price. --Bouvier.

資料來源 : WordNet®

catching
     adj : (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection [syn:
            {communicable}, {contagious}, {contractable}, {transmissible},
            {transmittable}]
     n 1: (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball
          team
     2: the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
        [syn: {detection}, {espial}, {spying}, {spotting}]
     3: becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable";
        "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially
        catastrophic" [syn: {contracting}]