catch on

verb

1. become popular

e.g. This fashion caught on in Paris

2. understand, usually after some initial difficulty

e.g. She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on

Synonym: get wiseget ontotumblelatch oncotton ontwigget it

1. 明白;认识到
If you catch on to something, you understand it, or realize that it is happening.

e.g. He got what he could out of me before I caught on to the kind of person he'd turned into...
我还没有意识到他已经变成了那样的人，他就已经从我这儿把能套走的都套走了。
e.g. Wait a minute! I'm beginning to catch on.
等一下！我开始有点懂了。

2. 时兴;流行
If something catches on, it becomes popular.

catch on的近义词

e.g. The idea has been around for ages without catching on.
这个观点已经提出来有年头了，可是一直没被广泛接受。

1. 理解,明白：catch fire / / 着火 | catch on / / 理解,明白 | catch one's breath / / 屏息,歇口气

2.

2. 理解,明白,变得流行：catch fire 着火,烧着 | catch on 理解,明白,变得流行 | catch one's breath 喘息;屏息

3. 理解,懂得;流行起来：catch at 试图抓住,拼命抓 | catch on 理解,懂得;流行起来 | check in (在旅馆、机场等)登记,报到

4. catch on

4. 了解：保护protect; safeguard; preserve; shelter | 了解understand; comprehend; catch the meaning of; catch on | 汇露reveal; make known; disclose