Catching

(noun.) becoming infected; 'catching cold is sometimes unavoidable'; 'the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic'.

(noun.) (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team.

(adj.) (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection .

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• Selden, catching the glance, wondered what part Miss Bart had played in organizing the entertainment. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Mr. Chopper said, catching the Captain by the skirt. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The catching business, we beg to remind them, is rising to the dignity of a lawful and patriotic profession. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Catching up from the table a piece of bread, and taking his Bargeman's bundle under his arm, Riderhood immediately followed him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Mr. Rushworth has set a good example, and such things are very catching. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• I suppose she was afraid of your catching her here. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I knew I was catching at straws; but in the wide and weltering deep where I found myself, I would have caught at cobwebs. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It's you who are the coward, he repeated, catching her hands in his. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• If he can't, we shall have another chance of catching them in the shrubbery, before many more nights are over our heads. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• My friend, my benefactor, my honoured companion,' murmured Mr. Winkle, catching at his wrist. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The Jester next struck into another carol, a sort of comic ditty, to which the Knight, catching up the tune, replied in the like manner. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Our chance of catching the thieves may depend on our not wasting one unnecessary minute. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• My eldest brother was troubled with that complaint,' said Sam; 'it may be catching--I used to sleep with him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I like good strong words that mean something, replied Jo, catching her hat as it took a leap off her head preparatory to flying away altogether. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• How you do go and bother a gal of ten,' said Maggy, 'catching the poor thing up in that way. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.

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