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chased 音标拼音: [tʃ'est] chased n 1: a person who is being chased; " the film jumped back and forth from the pursuer to the pursued" [ synonym: { pursued}, { chased}] Chase \ Chase\ ( ch[= a] s), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Chased} ( ch[= a] st); p. pr. & vb. n. { Chasing}.] [ OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. ( assumed) LL. captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See { Catch}.] 1. To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt. [ 1913 Webster] We are those which chased you from the field. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and place. -- Cowper. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To follow as if to catch; to pursue; to compel to move on; to drive by following; to cause to fly; -- often with away or off; as, to chase the hens away. [ 1913 Webster] Chased by their brother' s endless malice from prince to prince and from place to place. -- Knolles. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game. [ 1913 Webster] Chasing each other merrily. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster]
chased \ chased\ ( ch[= a] st), n. a person who is being chased; as, better to be the chaser than the chased. Syn: pursued. [ WordNet 1. 5]
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