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catkAtn [C]a small four-legged furry animal with a tail and CLAWS (=long sharp nails), usually kept as a pet or for catching mice, or any member of the group of biologically similar animals such as the lion猫或猫科动物a pet / stray cat一只宠物/流浪猫We'll have to get someone to feed the cat when we're away on holiday.我们去度假时，得找个人来喂猫。When two people or groups of people play (a game of) cat and mouse with each other, they try over a long time to defeat each other, esp. when one has more power than the other.(对一方更有利的)长期竞赛It's a real game of cat and mouse between the multinationals and the small independent companies in the software market at the moment.目前在软件市场上，跨国公司和小型独立公司展开了一场前者终将获胜的长期竞争。(Br infml) If someone hasn't a cat in hell's chance (esp. Am and Aus infml a snowball's chance in hell) of doing something, he or she has no chance of doing it.毫无机会They haven't a cat in hell's chance of getting over the mountain in weather like this.在这样的天气下，他们根本没机会翻过山去。When you say to someone has the cat got your tongue, you mean you are annoyed that they are not talking or answering your questions.一言不发，拒不回答Why aren't you answering me, has the cat got your tongue?你干吗不回答我，舌头给猫叼去啦？If you let the cat out of the bag, you let a secret be known, usually without intending to.说走了嘴，泄露秘密He let the cat out of the bag when he mentioned the party to her --it was supposed to be a surprise.他跟她提到晚会时泄露了秘密，本来是想给她一个惊喜的。Someone who is like a cat on a hot tin roof / (esp. Br dated) like a cat on hot bricks is in a state of nervous anxiety.坐立不安She's been like a cat on a hot tin roof ever since she heard he's back in town.她听说他回到了镇上以后就一直坐立不安。People who fight like cat and dog disagree very strongly and often.脾气不合，争吵不休It's awful, my brother and sister are always fighting like cat and dog.真可怕，我哥(弟)和我姐（妹）总是吵个没完。If someone looks like something the cat brought / dragged in, they look very untidy and dirty.穿着邋遢You look like something the cat brought in--go and have a bath and tidy yourself up a bit.你看上去邋遢极了----快去洗个澡，把自己弄得干净一点。(Br and Aus) To put / set the cat among the pigeons is to say or do something that causes trouble or makes a lot of people very angry.造成轩然大波She really put the cat among the pigeons with her comments about our system of government.她对于我国政府体制发表的评论真是引起了轩然大波A cat burglar is a thief who enters and leaves a building by climbing up walls to an upper window, door, etc.翻窗入户的窃贼A cat-o'-nine-tails/(infml) cat is a whip made from rope that has nine ends and was used esp. in the past to hit people with as a punishment.九尾鞭In children's games, a cat's cradle is a special pattern made by weaving string around the fingers of both hands.挑绷绷绳（一种将绳子绕在手指上编图案的儿童游戏）The structure was a cat's cradle of wires and supports.这结构错综复杂，由电线和支座构成。(fig.) We were stuck in a cat's cradle (=complicated amount) of legislation.我们给陷在了立法的复杂问题中。(Br and Aus) Cat's eyes (Am reflectors) are small pieces of glass or plastic that are put along the middle and sometimes the sides of a road to reflect the lights of a car in order to show the driver where to drive, esp. when it is dark.公路上的反光标记(Br infml) If someone is the cat's whiskers they are important.要人Look at him strutting around like he's the cat's whiskers.看他迈着方步走来走去，像是什么要人似的。(dated slang) A cool cat or a hep cat is a fashionable person.时髦人物(saying) "While the cat's away, the mice will play" means that when the person who is in charge of a place is not there, people there will behave badly.猫儿不在，老鼠翻天;大王不在，小鬼跳梁"A cat may look at a king" (Lewis Carroll in his book Alice in Wonderland, 1865)“猫儿也可以看国王”（刘易斯·卡洛尔《爱丽斯漫游奇境记》）[TOMCAT, WILDCAT]
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