Intercept



GRE

解释

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• v. 中途拦截, 截取
• ［记］ inter ( 在中间) +cept ( 拿) -> 从中间拿 -> 拦截
• ［例］ An illegal shipment of arms was intercepted at the airport.

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Latin interceptus, past participle of intercipere, from inter- + capere to take, seize — more at heave
• Date: 15th century
• 1. obsolete prevent, hinder
• 2.
  • a. to stop, seize, or interrupt in progress or course or before arrival
  • b. to receive (a communication or signal directed elsewhere) usually secretly
• 3. obsolete to interrupt communication or connection with
• 4. to include (part of a curve, surface, or solid) between two points, curves, or surfaces <the part of a circumference intercepted between two radii>
• 5.
  • a. to gain possession of (an opponent's pass)
  • b. to intercept a pass thrown by (an opponent)

II. noun

• Date: 1821
• 1. the distance from the origin to a point where a graph crosses a coordinate axis
• 2. interception; especially the interception of a missile by an interceptor or of a target by a missile
• 3. a message, code, or signal that is intercepted (as by monitoring radio communications)

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