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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
bounce
bounce [bounce bounces bounced bouncing] verb, noun BrE [baʊns] NAmE [baʊns] verb MOVE OFF SURFACE 1. intransitive, transitive if sth bounces or you bounce it, it moves quickly away from a surface it has just hit or you make it do this •The ball bounced twice before he could reach it. •~ off sth Short sound waves bounce off even small objects. •The light bounced off the river and dazzled her. •~ sth (against/on/off sth) She bounced the ball against the wall. MOVE UP AND DOWN 2. intransitive ~ (up and down) (on sth) (of a person)to jump up and down on sth •She bounced up and down excitedly on the bed. 3. transitive ~ sb (up and down) (on sth) to move a child up and down while he or she is sitting on your knee in order to entertain him or her 4. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) (up and down) to move up and down; to move sth up and down •Her hair bounced as she walked. 5. intransitive + adv./prep. to move up and down in a particular direction •The bus bounced down the hill. MOVE WITH ENERGY 6. intransitive + adv./prep. (of a person)to move somewhere in a lively and cheerful way •He bounced across the room to greet them. CHEQUE 7. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) (informal)if a cheque bounces, or a bank bounces it, the bank refuses to accept it because there is not enough money in the account IDEAS 8. transitive ~ ideas (off sb)/(around) to tell sb your ideas in order to find out what they think about them •He bounced ideas off colleagues everywhere he went. COMPUTING 9. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) (back) if an email bounces or the system bounces it, it returns to the person who sent it because the system cannot deliver it •I tried to send her an email but it bounced. •The system automatically bounces emails which contain attachments. MAKE SB LEAVE 10. transitive ~ sb (from sth) (informal, especially NAmE)to force sb to leave a job, team, place, etc •He was soon bounced from the post. Verb forms: Word Origin: Middle English bunsen ‘beat, thump’, perhaps imitative, or from Low German bunsen ‘beat’, Dutch bons ‘a thump’. Example Bank: •The ball bounced high and she missed it. •The idea had been bouncing around in my head for some time. •The stone hit the window but bounced off. •I bounced the baby on my knee while Pat did the dishes. •The car bounced its way along the dirt road. Idioms: ↑bouncing off the walls ▪ ↑on the bounce Derived: ↑bounce back ▪ ↑bounce somebody into something ▪ ↑bounce something back noun MOVEMENT 1. countable the action of ↑bouncing •one bounce of the ball • (NAmE)a bounce (= increase) in popularity 2. uncountable the ability to ↑bounce or to make sth ↑bounce •There's not much bounce left in these balls. •Players complained about the uneven bounce of the tennis court. ENERGY 3. uncountable, countable the energy that a person has •All her old bounce was back. •There was a bounce to his step. OF HAIR 4. uncountable the quality in a person's hair that shows that it is in good condition and means that it does not lie flat •thin fine hair, lacking in bounce Word Origin: Middle English bunsen ‘beat, thump’, perhaps imitative, or from Low German bunsen ‘beat’, Dutch bons ‘a thump’.
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