chase

vt./vi

【基本义】追赶、追逐；
The boy chased the cute small dog.
男孩追逐可爱的小狗。
Fireflies fly everywhere on summer nights, which attract children to chase after them.
夏日的夜晚，流萤飞舞，惹得孩子们争着抓扑。

【引申义】
1、 寻觅、寻找
Chasing the rainBow of overnight success.
追寻一夜成功的梦。
2、 追（猎）、猎取
Dogs like to chase rabbits.
狗喜欢追赶兔子。
chase还可以做名词用，意为"追赶、追猎、追捕、猎物"，如：
It turned out to be a wild-goose chase.
结果证明这只不过是一场徒劳。
Honour is the noblest chase.
荣誉是最高尚的追求。
The chase escaped.
猎物逃脱了。
The hoaxer had sent the police on a wild-goose chase.
那个捣蛋的人让警方白白搜索了一番。

【同义词】
pursue
vt.
追赶[踪, 捕, 击]
The police are pursuing an escaped prisoner.
警方正在追捕一个在逃的犯人。
follow
vt.
跟随; 接着；追赶; 追求
The children followed their mother into the room.
孩子们跟着母亲进了房间。

【背句子记单词】
The eagle does not chase flies.
雄鹰不捕苍蝇。
We couldn't spend our lives chasing dreams.
我们不能一生沈湎于追逐虚无缥渺的事物。

He has a screw loose somewhere.
他有点不太正常。

screw是"螺丝", loose作"松的"解。所以, to have a screw loose从字面上来解释就是"一个螺丝松了"。作为一个俗语,它的意思就是:某人的脑子不正常,因为他脑子里有些地方的接头松了。下面的例句是一个人在回忆他大学里的一个同学:
I knew a guy at college who had a screw loose somewhere-he was scared to death of catching a disease so he'd run off to wash his hands after he shook hands with anybody. 我在念大学的时候认识一个人,他有点不太正常。他非常害怕因染上病而死,所以他每次和别人握过手以后总是要马上去洗手。
每当出现新事物的时候,总有人不能马上接受,而且还要认为发明新事物的人有毛病。现在,飞机对大家来说是非常普遍的交通工具。许多美国人乘飞机就像坐公共汽车那样随便。发明飞机的是莱特兄弟两人。一开始,人们根本不相信人可以在空中飞行,所以大家以为这兄弟俩不太正常。下面这个例句就是在说当时的情形:
Everybody thought these two brothers had a screw loose somewhere when they built this silly-looking machine and claimed it could carry a man up in the air. But people stopped laughing when this "crazy thing" actually flew. 当那兄弟俩造了那个看起来挺怪的机器,还说那机器能让人在天上飞的时候,每个人都认为这兄弟俩不正常。可是,当那个"怪物"真地在天上飞了以后,大家就再也不笑话他们了。 有的时候,我们认为不正常的人其实一点都不是不正常,相反的是,他们可能比我们大家都更加聪敏和富有想像力。

In 1984 the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced a new program to establish a permanent space station, called Freedom. In 1994 the project was combined with the Russian Mir 2 project to produce the International Space Station (ISS).

1984年，美国国家航空和航天局宣布了一项新项目，即建立一个名为"自由"号的永久太空站。1994年，该项目与俄罗斯的"和平2"号项目合并，组建成国际太空站。

Sniffing the air for danger, a female forest elephant follows her charges into Langoué Bai, a mineral-rich watering hole and wildlife magnet.

嗅到了危险的气味，一只雌丛林象赶着她的孩子们进入Langoué Bai--一个富含矿物质的水塘和野生动物的乐园。

PHOTO
A businessman enters a tavern, sits down at the bar, and orders a double martini on the rocks. After he finishes the drink, he peeks inside his shirt pocket, and then orders the bartender to prepare another double martini. After he finishes that, he again peeks inside his shirt pocket and orders the bartender to bring another double martini. The bartender says, "Look, buddy, I'll bring ya' martinis all night long - but you gotta tell me why you look inside your shirt pocket before you order a refill." The customer replies, "I'm peeking at a photo of my wife. When she starts to look good, I know it's time to go home."

一个生意人走进一家酒馆，在吧台坐下，点了一杯加冰的双料martini。喝完，那生意人往自己衬衣的口袋里瞥了一眼，然后又让服务员把杯子满上。喝完，生意人又往自己衬衣的口袋里瞥了一眼，然后又让服务生帮他把杯子满上。这时酒馆的服务生说话了，"呃，老兄，我整个晚上给你倒martini都没有问题，但你得告诉我，你为什么在点下一杯酒前都要往自己衬衣的口袋里偷偷看那么一眼"。生意人回答，"我看的是我老婆的一张照片。如果照片上的人开始变得好看起来，那就说明我喝得差不多了，该回家了。"