catch on 详细解释

catch on

理解, 变得流行

1. 抓牢

The girl kept catching on to her mother's skirt.

小女孩一直紧紧地拉着妈妈的裙子。

2. 理解

I don't quite catch on to what she is saying.

我不太明白她在说些什么。

3. 流行

It is a nice song and I think it will catch on quickly.

这首歌很好, 我想它会很快流行起来。

词义辨析

同义参见:

compass  digest  

英英释义

动词 catch on:

understand, usually after some initial difficulty

同义词:get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it

become popular

补充

catch oncatch on1.变得流行The new song caught on really quickly.这首新歌真的流行得很快。2.〈非正〉理解Would you mind repeating that? I didn't quite catch on.请再说一遍好吗?我没听懂。Being a foreigner, he did not catch on the joke.他是个外国人, 未能理解这个笑话的含意。It took me a long time to catch on to the directions.我花了很久才弄明白说明书的意思。

例句

1. The idea has been around for ages without catching on.这一想法很久以来一直存在, 但没有流行起来。 2. The fashion has yet to catch on in Australia.这一潮流在澳大利亚尚未风行。 3. The idea is catching on.这一概念开始流行了。 4. Wait a minute! I'm beginning to catch on.等一下!我有点明白了。 5. He'll catch on eventually.他最终会理解的。 6. He hasn't really caught on to the system.他还没有真正认清这一制度的本质。 7. He got what he could out of me before I caught on to the kind of person he'd turned into.他从我这里达到目的后我终于明白了他变成了什么样的人。 8. She caught her foot on the threshold and stumbled.她的一只脚被门槛绊住而跌倒了。 9. Please repeat what you said, I didn't quite catch on.请把你的话再说一遍,我没十分听明白。 10. You'll catch on to the job after you've been here a while.过一段时间你就会熟悉这种工作了。 11. This song caught on and was sung everywhere.这首歌曲流行起来,各地都在演唱。 12. The idea has never really caught on in this country.这个想法在这国家从没真正流行过。 13. She's sometimes a bit slow to catch on.她有时比人家慢一步才把事情搞明白。 14. This trend is catching on with/among college students.这种趋势在大学生中流行开来。 15. Soccer is finally starting to catch on in America.足球终于开始在美国流行起来。 16. "Once you start playing the game, the kids will catch on pretty quickly."一旦你开始玩这个游戏,孩子们很快就会明白怎么玩。 17. "It took her a while to catch on, but she eventually got the joke."她想了好一会儿,但最终还是弄懂了这个笑话。