bounce

1. V-T/V-I When an object such as a ball bounces or when you bounce it, it moves upward from a surface or away from it immediately after hitting it. 使…彈起; 彈起

My father would burst into the kitchen bouncing a tennis ball. 我父親會拍打著網球闖進廚房。

...a falling pebble, bouncing down the eroded cliff. …彈跳著滾下被蝕懸崖的一塊卵石。

2. N-COUNT Bounce is also a noun. 彈

The wheelchair tennis player is allowed two bounces of the ball. 殘疾網球運動員可以有兩次彈球的機會。

3. V-T/V-I If sound or light bounces off a surface or is bounced off it, it reaches the surface and is reflected back. 使…反射; 反射

Your arms and legs need protection from light bouncing off glass. 你的雙臂和雙腿需要保護，免受玻璃反射光的照射。

4. V-T/V-I If something bounces or if something bounces it, it swings or moves up and down. 使…跳動; 跳動

Her long black hair bounced as she walked. 她長長的黑發在她走路時擺動著。

The car was bouncing up and down as if someone were jumping on it. 車上下顛簸，倣彿有人正在上麪跳動。

5. V-I If you bounce on a soft surface, you jump up and down on it repeatedly. 蹦跳

She lets us do anything, even bounce on our beds. 她允許我們做任何事，甚至是在牀上蹦跳。

6. V-I If someone bounces somewhere, they move there in an energetic way, because they are feeling happy. (因爲開心) 蹦跳著走

Moira bounced into the office. 莫伊拉蹦蹦跳跳地走進辦公室。

7. V-T If you bounce your ideas off someone, you tell them to that person, in order to find out what they think about them. 征求別人的看法

It was good to bounce ideas off another mind. 征求別人的看法是好的。

8. V-T/V-I If a cheque bounces or if someone bounces it, the bank refuses to accept it and pay out the money, because the person who wrote it does not have enough money in their account. 拒付 (支票)

Our only complaint would be if the cheque bounced. 如果支票被拒收，這會是我們惟一的抱怨。

9. V-I If an e-mail or other electronic message bounces, it is returned to the person who sent it because the address was wrong or because of a problem with one of the computers involved in sending it. 退廻[計算機]

...a message saying that your mail has bounced or was unable to be delivered. …一條說明你的郵件被退廻或無法遞送的信息。