mindmap root((捕捉)) catch implies the seizing of something that has been in motion or in flight or in hiding: ~ the dog as it ran by. capture suggests taking by overcoming resistance or difficulty: ~ an enemy stronghold. trap, snare, entrap, ensnare imply seizing by some device that holds the one caught at the mercy of one's captor. trap and snare apply more commonly to physical seizing: ~ animals(trap); ~d butterflies with a net; entrap and ensnare more often are figurative: ~ped the witness with a trick question(entrap); a sting operation that ~d burglars(ensnare). bag implies success in seizing a difficult quarry by skill, stealth, or artifice, often with the suggestion of a hunter's craft: ~ged a brace of pheasants.