會一個傳一個
核心畫面裡「被丟出來、被接到」的那一半：東西從一個人跑到另一個人身上。
adjective · B1
An illness that is catching passes easily from one person to another, for example by touching someone or by being close to them.
會傳染的
核心畫面
Catching is catch with -ing on the end, so think of something that gets hold of people: it is thrown out by one person and the people nearby catch it without meaning to.
catching 是 catch（接住、抓住）加上 -ing，可以想成「會把人抓住的東西」。畫面是：有樣東西從一個人…更多收起
catching 是 catch（接住、抓住）加上 -ing，可以想成「會把人抓住的東西」。畫面是：有樣東西從一個人身上丟了出來，旁邊的人沒打算接，卻還是接到了。從這個畫面出發，這個字往兩個方向走。一個方向是「跑到別人身上」——病會傳，心情也會傳。另一個方向是「把人拉過來」——好看的顏色、好記的旋律抓住你的注意力。Two branches
會抓住目光或耳朵
核心畫面的另一半：這次不是它跑到你身上，而是它把你拉過去。
adjective · C1
Pleasing in a way that takes hold of your attention, so that you keep looking at a person or keep humming a tune.
吸引人的
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
catchingadj/ˈkæt͡ʃɪŋ/
- 1
informalInfectious, contagious.
- a pessimism that seemed to be catching
- Ah, who is this? You did not hear me, my young friend, did you? Why, you, too, look sad. My melancholy is not catching!
- 2
Captivating; alluring; catchy.
- Bomb guy looked her up and down, not because he was an attractive man and she was possibly a catching woman.
catchingnoun/ˈkæt͡ʃɪŋ/
- 1
The action of the verb catch.
- Though catchings of the breath and occasional syncope appear in the more early stages, yet they only become considerable and dangerous in the later[…]
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。