caught

英 [kɔːt] 美[kɔt]

基本词汇

caught: past tense and past participle of catch (v.), attested from 14c., predominant after c. 1800, replacing earlier catched. A rare instance of English strong verb with a French origin. This might have been by influence of Middle English lacchen (see latch (v.)), which also then meant "to catch" and was a synonym of catch (as their noun forms remain), and which then had past tense forms lahte, lauhte, laught. The influence happened before latch switched to its modern weak conjugation.

3. If he is caught again he will be given a custodial sentence.: 如果他再次被捕，将会被处以监禁。

4. Any child who is caught will be kept in at playtime.: 凡是被抓住的孩子在课间游戏时要被留在屋里。

5. She looked as if the photographer had caught her by surprise.: 看上去，她好像被摄影师搞了个猝不及防。