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To pounce is to wait, then suddenly spring forward and land on someone or something — the way a cat waits by a hole and then jumps on a mouse. The move is fast, from stillness. Animals do it; people do it when they move in that same spirit, as when a player pounces on a loose ball.
To pounceTo pounce（撲上去） is to wait就是先等待 , then suddenly spring forward and land on someone or something，然後突然往前一衝、撲到某人或某個東西身上 — the way a cat waits by a hole and then jumps on a mouse——就像貓在洞口等，然後撲向老鼠那樣。 The move is fast這個動作很快 , from stillness，是從靜止狀態發動的。 Animals do it動物會這樣做 ; people do it；人也會這樣做 when they move in that same spirit當他們用同樣的氣勢行動時 , as when a player pounces on a loose ball，就像球員撲向一顆鬆脫的球那樣。
Though actually, a lot of everyday pounce is not a body jumping at all.
Though actually不過其實 , a lot of everyday pounce，日常生活裡很多pounce的用法 is not a body jumping at all根本不是身體在跳。
If you pounce on a mistake, you catch it at once and make a thing of it. If you pounce on a chance, you grab it before it goes. That stretch is very common, and it can sound sharp, even , when a person pounces on someone else's error.
If you pounce on a mistake如果你pounce on a mistake（逮到一個錯誤） , you catch it at once and make a thing of it，你會馬上抓住它、小題大作一番。 If you pounce on a chance如果你pounce on a chance（抓住一個機會） , you grab it before it goes，你會在機會溜走之前把它抓住。 That stretch is very common這種延伸用法很常見 , and it can sound sharp, even unkind，而且聽起來可能很尖銳，甚至有點刻薄 , when a person pounces on someone else's error，當一個人對別人的錯誤窮追猛打的時候。
There is a noun too: a sudden pounce. English almost always wants on after the verb: pounce on the mouse, pounce on a mistake.
There is a noun too也有名詞用法 : a sudden pounce：a sudden pounce（一個突然的猛撲）。 English almost always wants英文幾乎都會用 on after the verb動詞後面接on : pounce on the mouse, pounce on a mistake：像pounce on the mouse（撲向老鼠）、pounce on a mistake（逮住一個錯誤）。
組成A different word also spelled pounce — a fine powder once used on paper — comes from French ponce, from Latin pumex, and is an old cousin of pumice. I will not pin this jumping-and-attacking pounce to that story; lookalikes fool even careful books. Where the cat-jump word comes from is not a tale I will pretend is settled.
原始詞典資料13 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。
pouncenoun詞源 1/paʊns/
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historicalA type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.
- At the Thorn, or at a meagre kitchen table, or even on the carpenter’s workbench, he spreads open the portfolio, lights a candle stub, slices a fresh quill, and arranges pounce pot and ink well.
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historicalCharcoal dust, or some other coloured powder for making patterns through perforated designs, used by embroiderers, lacemakers, etc.
pounceverb詞源 1/paʊns/
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To sprinkle or rub with pounce powder.
- to pounce paper, or a pattern
pouncenoun詞源 2/paʊns/
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A sudden leaping attack.
- Again the cat jolted the bed with a pounce.
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archaicThe claw or talon of a bird of prey.
- March 22 1775, Edmund Burke, speech in the House of Commons on conciliation with America You have , indeed , winged ministers of vengeance, who carry your bolts in their pounces to the remotest verge of the sea
- And from her griping pounce the greedy prey doth quarry
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A punch or stamp.
- a pounce to print money with
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Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
- one spendeth his patrimony upon pounces and cuts
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businessminingSynonym of bump (“sudden movement of underground strata”).
pounceverb詞源 2/paʊns/
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To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something.
- The kitten pounced at the ball I threw to it.
- She pounced on the young man, because she loved him and wanted him for herself.
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To attack suddenly by leaping.
- I was awakened from a dead sleep by my child pouncing on top of me from out of nowhere.
- The only thing you can do with virgins like that is pounce!
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To eagerly seize an opportunity.
- I pounced on the chance to get promoted.
- While he was out of town on vacation, I pounced, leaking the photos.
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To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.
- Stooped from his highest pitch to pounce a wren.
- Now pounce him lightly, / And as he roars and rages, let's go deeper.
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To stamp holes in; to perforate.
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。