catch on

英 [kætʃ ɒn]

美 [kætʃ ɑːn]

明白; 懂得; 认识到; 时兴; 流行

TOEFL

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 明白;认识到
  If youcatch on tosomething, you understand it, or realize that it is happening.
  1. He got what he could out of me before I caught on to the kind of person he'd turned into...
     我还没有意识到他已经变成了那样的人，他就已经从我这儿把能套走的都套走了。
  2. Wait a minute! I'm beginning to catch on.
     等一下！我开始有点懂了。
• PHRASAL VERB 时兴;流行
  If somethingcatches on, it becomes popular.
  1. The idea has been around for ages without catching on.
     这个观点已经提出来有年头了，可是一直没被广泛接受。

英英释义

verb

• become popular
  1. This fashion caught on in Paris
• understand, usually after some initial difficulty
  1. She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on
  Synonym:get wiseget ontotumblelatch oncotton ontwigget it

双语例句

• The idea has been around for ages without catching on.
  这个观点已经提出来有年头了，可是一直没被广泛接受。
• The hook which he had thrown did not catch on the rocks, and dropped back to the ground.
  他甩出去的钩子没挂住石头，又落回到地面。
• Some scares catch on: others do not.
  有些恐慌传播开了，有些则没有。
• The catch on my handbag is broken.
  我的手提包的扣坏了。
• Howard: Well, if you work hard, you'll catch on quickly. You're hired.
  霍华德：嗯，你如果努力的话，很快就会上手。你被录取了。
• Wait a minute! I'm beginning to catch on.
  等一下！我开始有点懂了。
• It took me a blue moon to catch on to the directions.
  我花了很久才弄明白说明书的意思。
• You will catch on quickly to the unique mix of formality and structure.
  你很快就会了解形式和结构间独特的混合。
• This season, the new look is the ski-pant and the question is whether it will catch on.
  这一季新出现的是滑雪裤，是否会流行起来，还是个问题。
• The catch on the suitcase is stuck.
  手提箱拉杆闩锁卡住了。