red handed

英音[ ˌred ˈhændɪd ] 美音[ ˌred ˈhændɪd ]
当场抓到:发现某人正在进行非法活动的现场。
常用释义
当场抓到:发现某人正在进行非法活动的现场。

例句

1·They caught the thief red handed.

他们当场抓住了贼。

2·The smoking patrol has caught two men red handed smoking in a public area.

这个吸烟巡逻队已当场抓住两个在公共场合吸烟的男子。

3·I think my boyfriend is having an affair, so I want to go home and catch him red handed.

好像我男朋友有外遇了,我要回家抓他个正着!

4·Within minutes there were half a dozen police cars in the area plus helicopters and an armed response unit. They caught the burglars red handed.

几分钟之内六辆警车赶来,外加几架直升飞机和还有武装反应队。他们把小偷逮个正着。

5·My boyfriend and I robbed a shop and were caught red-handed.

我和我男朋友抢劫一家商店,被当场抓到。

—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

6·When Charles Lee handed me the small red notebook in 1974, he changed my life.

1974年,当查尔斯·李递给我这个红色的小笔记本时,他改变了我的生活。

7·Presently he stumbled upon Huck Finn the Red-Handed.

不一会儿,他碰到了赤手大盗哈克·费恩。

8·The Red-Handed made no response, being better employed.

赤手大侠没有回答,因为他在忙别的事。

9·Finn the Red-Handed was dreaming of his doorsteps and empty hogsheads.

赤手大盗费恩在梦见他门口的台阶和空酒桶。

10·"I once thought of calling myself Red-handed Jack," he said diffidently.

“我曾经想过称自己为红手杰克。”他胆怯地说。