bounce

verb

/baʊns/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they bounce	/baʊns/ /baʊns/
he / she / it bounces	/ˈbaʊnsɪz/ /ˈbaʊnsɪz/
past simple bounced	/baʊnst/ /baʊnst/
past participle bounced	/baʊnst/ /baʊnst/
-ing form bouncing	/ˈbaʊnsɪŋ/ /ˈbaʊnsɪŋ/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

move off surface离开表面

[intransitive, transitive] if something bounces or you bounce it, it moves quickly away from a surface it has just hit or you make it do this（使）弹起，弹跳；反射

The ball bounced twice before he could reach it.球弹跳两次他才接到。
bounce off something Short sound waves bounce off even small objects.短声波即使遇到小物体都会产生回音。
The light bounced off the river and dazzled her.河面上银波粼粼，令她目眩。
+ adv./prep. The ball bounced high and she missed it.球弹得很高，她没有接住。
bounce something (against/on/off something) She bounced the ball against the wall.她对着墙打球。

The stone hit the window but bounced off.石头打中了窗户但是弹开了。
(figurative) The idea had been bouncing around in my head for some time.有一段时间，这个念头一直在我的头脑里挥之不去。

Collocations Dictionaryadverb

high
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off
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preposition

against
around
down
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move up and down上下移动

[intransitive] bounce (up and down) (on something) (of a person

人

) to jump up and down on something（在…上）跳动，蹦

She bounced up and down excitedly on the bed.她兴奋地在床上蹦蹦跳跳。

[transitive] bounce somebody (up and down) (on something) to move a child up and down while he or she is sitting on your knee in order to entertain him or her把（小孩）放在膝上颠着玩

I bounced the baby on my knee while Pat did the dishes.帕特在洗碗，我就把孩子放在膝上颠着玩。

[intransitive, transitive] bounce (something) (up and down) to move up and down; to move something up and down（使）上下晃动

Her hair bounced as she walked.她走起路来头发上下晃动。

[intransitive] + adv./prep. to move up and down in a particular direction（朝某个方向）颠簸行进

The bus bounced down the hill.公共汽车颠簸着开下山去。
The car bounced its way along the dirt road.汽车在土路上颠簸前行。

move with energy有活力地走动

[intransitive] + adv./prep. (of a person

人

) to move somewhere in a lively and cheerful way活泼兴奋地走，蹦蹦跳跳地去（到某处）

He bounced across the room to greet them.他兴奋地冲过房间去迎接他们。

Topics Personal qualitiesc2

cheque支票

[intransitive, transitive] bounce (something) (informal) if a cheque bounces, or a bank bounces it, the bank refuses to accept it because there is not enough money in the bank account to pay it（支票等）被拒付退回；拒付，退回（支票等）

ideas主意

[transitive] bounce ideas (off somebody)/(around) to tell somebody your ideas in order to find out what they think about them（向某人）试探地透露（主意）

He bounced ideas off colleagues everywhere he went.他在同事中逢人便试探地大讲他的想法。

computing计算机技术

[intransitive, transitive] bounce (something) (back) if an email bounces or the system bounces it, it returns to the person who sent it because the system cannot deliver it（电子邮件）被退回；退回（电子邮件）

I tried to send her an email but it bounced.我试图给她发一封电子邮件，但被拒绝了。
The system automatically bounces emails which contain attachments.系统会自动退回包含附件的电子邮件。

Topics Phones, email and the internetc2

make somebody leave使离开

[transitive] bounce somebody (from something) (especially North American English, informal) to force somebody to leave a job, team, place, etc.解雇；开除；撵走；逐出

He was soon bounced from the post.他不久被解职。

leave离去

[intransitive] (informal) to leave a place or group of people解雇；开除；撵走；逐出

All right, cool, we'll bounce.好吧，酷，我们走。

词源Middle English bunsen ‘beat, thump’, perhaps imitative, or from Low German bunsen ‘beat’, Dutch bons ‘a thump’.

Idioms

be bouncing off the walls

(informal) to be so full of energy or so excited that you cannot keep still精力充沛得待不住；激动得难以平静
- The kids have been bouncing off the walls all day.孩子们一整天都在墙上蹦蹦跳跳。

bounce

noun

/baʊns/

Idioms

movement动作

[countable] the action of bouncing弹跳；跳动

one bounce of the ball球的一次弹起
(North American English) a bounce (= increase) in popularity声望的增加

[uncountable] the ability to bounce or to make something bounce弹性；反弹力

There's not much bounce left in these balls.这些球已没有多少弹性了。
Players complained about the uneven bounce of the tennis court.运动员抱怨说网球场的反弹力不均匀。

energy精力

[uncountable, countable] the energy that a person has活力；精力

All her old bounce was back.她完全恢复了以往的活力。
There was a bounce to his step.他的步伐矫健有力。

of hair头发

[uncountable] the quality in a person’s hair that shows that it is in good condition and means that it does not lie flat富有弹性；蓬松

thin fine hair, lacking in bounce没有弹性、稀疏纤细的头发

Topics Appearancec2

词源Middle English bunsen ‘beat, thump’, perhaps imitative, or from Low German bunsen ‘beat’, Dutch bons ‘a thump’.

Idioms

on the bounce

(British English, informal) one after the other, without anything else coming between接连；连续；相继
- We've won six matches on the bounce.我们已经六连胜。