chase 1 S3 / tʃeɪs / 动词
1 follow [不及物和及物动词] 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 + 副词 / 介词 ] 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 [不及物和及物动词] 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 + 副词 / 介词 ] British English to rush or hurry somewhere
chase around/up/down etc
I was chasing around getting everything organized.
5 romance [及物动词] 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 [及物动词] technical to decorate metal with a special tool :
chased silver
7 chase the dragon informal to smoke the drug heroin
chase somebody/something ↔ down 短语动词
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 短语动词 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 / stɔk $ stɒk / 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 / pəsju $ pərsu / 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.