catching

英 [ˈkætʃɪŋ]

美 [ˈkætʃɪŋ]

adj. 有传染性; 有感染力
v. 接住; 截住; 拦住; 接(落下的液体); 抓住; 握住
catch的现在分词

现在分词：catching　

Collins.1 / BNC.33848 / COCA.29820

牛津词典

adj.

有传染性
easily caught by one person from another
有感染力
passing quickly from one person to another
1. Try to be as enthusiastic as possible (enthusiasm is catching)!
  尽量表现出热情（热情具有感染力）！

ADJ-GRADED (疾病)有传染性的，容易传染的
If an illness or a disease iscatching, it is easily passed on or given to someone else.
1. There are those who think eczema is catching.
  有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
ADJ-GRADED (情感等)有感染力的，感染性强的
If a feeling or emotion iscatching, it has a strong influence on other people and spreads quickly, for example through a crowd.
1. Enthusiasm is very catching.
  热情非常富有感染力。

noun

becoming infected
1. catching cold is sometimes unavoidable
2. the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic
Synonym:contracting
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
the act of detecting something
Synonym:detectionespialspyingspotting

adj

(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
Synonym:communicablecontagiouscontractabletransmissibletransmittable

I look like catching cold and have a headache.
我好像感冒了而且有点头痛。
Getting your feet wet disposes you to catching cold.
把脚弄湿易使你感冒。
It's no joke catching a chill when you are recovering from an injury.
你正在养伤，受了寒可不是玩儿的！
Police say they are confident of catching the gunman
警方说他们有信心抓住那个持枪歹徒。
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。
He has come up with a novel way of catching fish.
他提出了一个捕鱼的新方法。
All that stuff about catching giant fish was just a bit of poetic licence.
有关捕捉大鱼的所有内容只是一点破格罢了。
The exhibition is timely, since 'self-taught' art is catching on in a big way.
展会召开得非常及时，因为“自修”艺术正在广泛流行。
I showed her a new technique for catching the frogs.
我向她展示了捕捉青蛙的一种新方法。
It seems old is slowly catching up with me.
老冉冉其将至兮。