1 to take a person or animal prisoner 虏获;擒获:
The lion was captured and taken back to the zoo.狮子被捉回动物园。
2 to take control of sth 夺取;攻占:
The town has been captured by the rebels.这个镇已被叛军攻陷。The company has captured 90% of the market.这家公司已经占有90%的市场。
3 to make sb interested in sth 迷住;引起兴趣:
The story captured the children's imagination.这故事唤起了孩子们的想象/兴趣/注意
4 to succeed in representing or recording sth in words, pictures, etc (以文字、图片等)代表,记录:
This poem captures the atmosphere of the carnival.这首诗掌握了嘉年华会的气氛。The robbery was captured on video.这次抢劫案被录了下来。
5 (computing计算机技术) to put sth into a computer in a form that it can use 将…以可使用的形式输入计算机;捕获
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/ˈkæptʃə(r) ||; ˈkæptʃɚ/noun
[U] the act of capturing sth or being captured 捕捉或被捕捉:
data capture数据记录
capture1/ˋkæptʃɚ; ˈkæptʃə/v [T] 1 to catch a person or animal and keep them as a prisoner 逮捕﹔捕获: He was captured at the airport. 他在机场被捕。2 to get control of something 占领﹔夺得: The town was captured by enemy troops after 10 days’ fighting. 经过十天的战斗﹐这座城镇被敌军占领了。Sega and Nintendo soon captured half the market (=the business available). 世嘉和任天堂很快就占据了一半的市场。3 to succeed in showing or describing something, using pictures or words〔以图片﹑文字〕展现﹔描述: His new book captures what the 1920s were like. 他的新书真实地展现了 20 世纪 20 年代的风貌。4 capture sb's imagination/attention etc to make someone feel very interested in something 使某人神往/吸引某人的注意等
capture2n [U] 1 when someone captures a person or animal 俘虏﹔捕获2 when someone gets control of something 夺取﹔占领: the capture of the village 对这座村庄的占领
capturecapturecapturescapturedcapturingverb (captures, capturing, captured)to catch somebody and keep them somewhere so that they cannot leave: The police captured the criminals.▶ capturenoun (no plural): the capture of the escaped prisoners