逐
chase; expel; in order; surname
Meanings
4 senses · 17 examplesverb
to chase; to pursue; to run after
neutralUsed for following or running after people, animals, or abstract targets.
He is chasing a lost bicycle.
We drifted along with the tide through the entire holiday.
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The hunters competed for territory like chasing deer in the central plains.
The puppy is chasing a butterfly.
He strived to pursue his dream and finally realized it.
verb
to expel; to drive out; to evict
neutralUsed for forcing someone to leave a place or group.
The school issued an order to expel violating students.
The landlord evicted the tenant from the house according to the eviction order.
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He was driven out of the door for violating the rules.
The government decided to expel illegal foreign immigrants.
The club expelled disruptive fans from the stadium.
preposition
in order; one by one; in sequence
neutralUsed before nouns to indicate doing something in a fixed order.
The company raises employees' salaries year by year.
The teacher corrected the students' compositions word by word and sentence by sentence.
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Please read each clause of this contract one by one.
We visited each business in the community one by one.
He inspected each item of goods in the warehouse.
noun
surname Zhu
neutralUsed as a Chinese family name.
Professor Zhu is a well-known scholar at our university.
I know an elderly gentleman with the surname Zhu.