capture /'kæptʃә/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
• (n.) a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field
• (n.) any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle

Chinese translation

• n. 抓取, 战利品, 捕获之物
• vt. 抓取, 获得, 迷住
• [计] 截获命令

Word details

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

/'kæptʃә/

Syllables

2

Exam levels

CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 4.42 · Rare

Word forms

captured, capturing, captures

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captain · caption · captive · captivity · captivate · captious

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