chase

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chase1 /tʃeɪs/ ●●● S3 verb  1  follow 跟随 [intransitive, transitive]FOLLOW to quickly follow someone or something in order to catch them 追逐，追赶；追捕 The dogs saw him running and chased him. 那些狗看到他在跑就追他。 kids chasing around the house 在屋里追逐嬉戏的孩子们chase somebody along/down/up something etc The police chased the suspect along Severn Avenue. 警察沿着塞汶河大街追捕嫌疑犯。chase after A gang of boys chased after her, calling her names. 一帮男孩在她后面一边追一边骂。► see thesaurus at follow →5 see picture at 见图 follow2  make SB/STH leave 使某人/某物离开 [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to make someone or something leave, especially by following them for a short distance and threatening them 驱逐，赶走chase somebody away/off The men were chased off by troops, who fired warning shots. 军队鸣枪警告，把这些人驱散了。chase somebody out of something Anne went to chase the dog out of the garden. 安妮去把狗赶出花园。3  try to get STH 试图得到某物 [intransitive, transitive]TRY TO DO OR GET something to use a lot of time and effort trying to get something such as work or money 努力赢得，设法获得 Top graduates from the university are chased by major companies. 这所大学的优秀毕业生被大公司争相聘用。chase after reporters chasing after a story 拼命挖新闻的记者4  hurry 赶快 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] British EnglishHURRY to rush or hurry somewhere 奔忙，奔走chase around/up/down etc I was chasing around getting everything organized. 我四处奔走安排所有的事情。5  romance 浪漫关系 [transitive]ATTRACT to try hard to make someone notice you and pay attention to you, because you want to have a romantic relationship with them 追求，向…求爱 ‘Sometimes a girl wants to be chased, ’ Amelia said. “有时候女孩子希望被人追求。”阿梅莉亚说。6  metal 金属 [transitive]AV technical to decorate metal with a special tool 镂刻，雕镂〔金属制品〕 chased silver 雕花银器7. chase the dragon informalMDD to smoke the drug heroin 吸食海洛因8 chase somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verb to find something or someone that you have been looking for 寻找到，追踪到 We had to chase down everyone we’d sold a bike to. 我们得把每一个买了我们自行车的人找到。9 chase somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verb British English a) REMIND/MAKE somebody REMEMBERto remind someone to do something they promised to do for you 提醒[催促]…实践诺言 David hasn’t paid yet – you’d better chase him up. 戴维还没付钱呢，你最好催催他。b) HURRYto try to make something happen or arrive more quickly, because it has been taking too long 加速…的发生，催办 Can you chase up those photos for me tomorrow? 你明天能替我把那些照片赶洗出来吗？→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

chase• We chased after him for about five blocks but then we lost him and had to turn back.• Then I'd have had to chase after you wherever you went.• I chased around all day looking for a birthday present to give her.• Fleischmann shouted, chased Dunn with the beam and grabbed with his other hand at the Luger in his belt.• I didn't have the energy to chase him any more.• I chased him with the pitchfork and he ran in the barn.• But old habits die hard, and Apple has shown a proclivity to chase market share while hand-wringing over shrinking gross margins.• I have five or six months before the winter chases me away.• Manly-Warringah chased Ofahengaue's signature prior to the Wallaby tour of New Zealand but without success.• He's been chasing some cute girl he met at the ice rink.• The farmer chased the children across the field.• Weapons forged from finest steel, decorated with bronze and chased with gold and silver.• Stop chasing your sister!chase after• Our cat often chases after birds.• Do we really need three reporters chasing after the same story?chase somebody away/off• A jeering, bottle-throwing crowd chased reporters away.chase around/up/down etc• Desperate, his wife Irene chased up a radio advertisement for drop-in surgery performed with only a local anaesthetic.• As police departments professionalized, they concentrated on chasing down criminals, not helping communities prevent crime.• Of course, he was being chased down the street by some westside thug wannabes.• Harvey's two kids were chasing around the trees in their pyjamas.• We go chasing around this frozen, benighted countryside and discover nothing.• Why don't you go and chase up those roofers for me?• Wallace was chasing around without being very effective.chase2 ●●○ noun  1  [countable]FOLLOW the act of following someone or something quickly in order to catch them 追逐，追赶；追捕 a high-speed car chase 高速汽车追逐 Police spotted the car and gave chase (=chased it). 警察发现那辆汽车就追了上去。2  [singular] when you use a lot of time and effort trying to get something 争取，努力获得chase after the chase after higher-paying jobs 对高薪工作的追求 → paper chase, wild goose chase

Examples from the Corpus

chase• At one time, this may have been a mill chase with a waterwheel turning.• Monday, during a high-speed chase through the streets of the Baja California state capital.• Roswell's high-speed chase with police that ended in tragedy• The three other boats lower away and the chase with the whales begins.• Shots were fired by the police during the chase along Belsteel Road, near Poleglass.• She loved the chase and the battle and her freedom.• Was it just the thrill of the chase?• The chase came to an abrupt halt when nine Mexicali police cars stopped the Jetta and its occupants.• This chase is described from Ralph's mind which is why some things are incomprehensible.car chase• His heists invariably end in shootouts, explosions and car chases.• Even when all the falling in love and car chasing and mystery solving goes on among the white folks.• And, of course, the climactic car chase, with Jackie piloting a sports car on to a pleasure boat.• There are few film directors who can resist a good car chase.• It was going to be a very long car chase.• The flash alerted the criminal, and with a few choice words exchanged, the car chase resumed.• Inspired by those ten minutes in Bullitt, film producers even tried extending the car chase to fill the whole film.• It was a world which howled with car chases and teetered between excitement and extinction.nChase trademark  n1.a large bank in the US, with its main offices in New York City. It was formerly called the Chase Manhattan Bank, and merged with JP Morgan in 2000.Origin chase1 1. (1200-1300) Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin captiare; → CATCH12. (1400-1500) enchase “to set (a jewel)” ((15-21 centuries)), from French enchâsser, from châsse “case, setting”, from Latin capsa; → CASE1

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chase¹ S3 /tʃeɪs/ verb1.  FOLLOW  [intransitive and transitive] to quickly follow someone or something in order to catch them:
    The dogs saw him running and chased him.
    kids chasing around the house
    chase somebody along/down/up something etc
    The police chased the suspect along Severn Avenue.
    chase after
    A gang of boys chased after her, calling her names.
2.  MAKE SOMEBODY/SOMETHING LEAVE  [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to make someone or something leave, especially by following them for a short distance and threatening them
    chase somebody away/off
    The men were chased off by troops, who fired warning shots.
    chase somebody out of something
    Anne went to chase the dog out of the garden.
3.  TRY TO GET SOMETHING  [intransitive and transitive] to use a lot of time and effort trying to get something such as work or money:
    Top graduates from the university are chased by major companies.
    chase after
    reporters chasing after a story
4.  HURRY  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] British English to rush or hurry somewhere
    chase around/up/down etc
    I was chasing around getting everything organized.
5.  ROMANCE  [transitive] to try hard to make someone notice you and pay attention to you, because you want to have a romantic relationship with them:
    ‘Sometimes a girl wants to be chased,’ Amelia said.
6.  METAL  [transitive] technical to decorate metal with a special tool:
    chased silver
7. chase the dragon informal to smoke the drug heroin
     
chase somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verb
  to find something or someone that you have been looking for:
    We had to chase down everyone we’d sold a bike to.
chase somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verb British English
  1. to remind someone to do something they promised to do for you:
    David hasn’t paid yet – you’d better chase him up.
  2. to try to make something happen or arrive more quickly, because it has been taking too long:
    Can you chase up those photos for me tomorrow?
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ follow to walk, drive etc behind or after someone, for example in order to see where they are going: The man had followed her home to find out where she lived. | Follow that car! | He hired a detective to follow her.
   ▪ chase to quickly run or drive after someone or something in order to catch them when they are trying to escape: Police chased the car along the motorway at speeds of up to 90 mph.
   ▪ run after somebody/go after somebody to quickly follow someone or something in order to stop them or talk to them: I ran after him to say sorry, but he’d already got on the bus.
   ▪ stalk /stɔːk $ stɒːk/ to secretly follow an animal in order to kill it, or to secretly follow a person in order to attack them: a tiger stalking its prey | He had a long history of stalking women in his neighbourhood.
   ▪ pursue /pəˈsjuː $ pərˈsuː/ written to chase someone in a very determined way: The ship was being pursued by enemy submarines.
   ▪ give chase written to chase someone or something who is trying to escape from you: One of the officers gave chase and arrested the man. | The calf ran away and the lion gave chase.
   ▪ tail to secretly follow someone in order to watch what they do and where they go: Apparently, the police had been tailing the terrorists for months.
   ▪ track to follow and find a person or animal by looking at the marks they leave on the ground: The bushmen were tracking antelope in the Kalahari desert.

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chase² noun
1. [countable] the act of following someone or something quickly in order to catch them:
    a high-speed car chase
    Police spotted the car and gave chase (=chased it).
2. [singular] when you use a lot of time and effort trying to get something
    chase after
    the chase after higher-paying jobs
⇨ paper chase, wild goose chase

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Chase trademark
a large bank in the US, with its main offices in New York City. It was formerly called the Chase Manhattan Bank, and merged with JP Morgan in 2000.

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Chase, Chev‧y /ˈtʃevi/
(1943–) a US comedian famous for appearing on the television show Saturday Night Live in the 1980s and for the National Lampoon films, such as National Lampoon's Summer Vacation