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make a pounce at/on sb/sth
pounce 作名词表示“猛扑”，常与 make 搭配，后面接 at 或 on 表示扑向的对象。
The cat made a sudden pounce at the mouse.
猫突然向老鼠猛扑过去。
猛扑；飞扑
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猛扑；飞扑
A sudden leaping attack.
The cat made a sudden pounce at the mouse.
猫突然向老鼠猛扑过去。
突然跃起攻击。
A sudden leaping attack.
冲压工具；冲头。
A punch or stamp.
有孔眼的织物。
Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
同bump(地下地层的突然移动)。
Synonym of bump (“sudden movement of underground strata”).
The cat made a sudden pounce on the mouse.
猫突然向老鼠猛扑过去。
With a quick pounce, the fox caught the rabbit.
狐狸迅速一扑，抓住了兔子。
The tiger's pounce was swift and deadly.
老虎的猛扑迅速而致命。
pounce 作名词表示“猛扑”，常与 make 搭配，后面接 at 或 on 表示扑向的对象。
The cat made a sudden pounce at the mouse.
猫突然向老鼠猛扑过去。
in one pounce 表示“一下子、一扑”，强调动作的突然和迅速。
In one pounce, the fox caught the rabbit.
狐狸一跃就抓住了兔子。
on the pounce 是习语，意为“处于准备猛扑的状态”，常用于描述随时准备行动的人或动物。
The goalkeeper was on the pounce and saved the shot.
守门员蓄势待发，扑出了那脚射门。
Not this
The cat made pounce on the mouse.
Use this
The cat made a pounce on the mouse.
pounce 是可数名词，单数形式前需要加不定冠词 a，不能作为不可数名词直接使用。
Not this
The cat did a pounce on the mouse.
Use this
The cat made a pounce on the mouse.
表示“作/做”某种动作时，英语常用 make + 名词来描述一次行动；do + 名词一般用于工作或活动，因此这里要用 made。
Not this
The cat made a pounce to the mouse.
Use this
The cat made a pounce on the mouse.
pounce 表示扑向的目标时，介词应使用 on/upon 而非 to；这是名词 pounce 的固定搭配。
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突然猛扑
The fox's sudden pounce startled the chickens.
狐狸的突然猛扑吓到了鸡群。
猛扑一下；突然袭击
The cat made a pounce on the mouse.
猫朝老鼠猛扑过去。
一扑；一下子猛扑
The owl caught the vole in one pounce.
猫头鹰一下扑过去抓住了田鼠。
伺机猛扑
The leopard was on the pounce, ready to spring.
豹子伺机猛扑，准备一跃而出。
扑向；马上抓住（机会、错误等）
He pounced on the opportunity to work abroad.
他立刻抓住了出国工作的机会。
伺机攻击；随时准备抓住
The critics were ready to pounce on any weakness in her argument.
批评者们随时准备抓住她论证中的任何弱点。
蓄势待发；伺机而动
The cat sat on the pounce, watching the bird.
猫蓄势待发，盯着那只鸟。
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联想法：pounce 里有 ounce（盎司），想象猫把全身每一盎司的重量都压上去，就是猛扑的一击。
语域：neutral 常见场景：animal behaviour、descriptive storytelling 作为名词时，pounce 通常用于书面或描述性语境，指猫或猛兽突然扑向猎物的动作；日常口语里更常用动词形式 pounce on 表达同一意思。
这些词与 pounce /paʊns/ 押韵（重读元音 /aʊ/ 后接 /ns/）：bounce, ounce, announce, denounce, pronounce, trounce。注意：couch /kaʊtʃ/ 和 count /kaʊnt/ 拼写相似，但不与 pounce 押韵；pounce 也不要按拼写读成 ponce /pɒns/。
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