单词 | cat |
释义 | cat¹ 1.(domestic)(家)猫 Have you got a cat?你养猫吗? 2.(big cat)大型猫科动物(如狮、虎等) Lions will hunt as a team and they are the only cats to do so.狮子会结群捕食, 它们是唯一这么做的猫科动物。 3.(lynx, serval etc)猫属野生动物(如猞猁、薮猫等) 4.<贬,非正式>(gossip)爱说人坏话的女人;长舌妇 5.<过时,非正式>(guy)家伙;男人 6.<非正式>=catamaran, 1 7.<非正式>=catalytic converter 8.【海】(tackle)起锚滑车;吊锚绞辘 9.GAMES(“棒击木片”游戏用的)尖头短木片 10.=catboat 11.=Caterpillar 12.=cat-o'-nine-tails 13.to be a bag of cats<爱尔兰,非正式>脾气很坏 She 's a real bag of cats this morning.她今天早上脾气真糟。 14.to be like a cat on a hot tin rooforlike a cat on hot bricks像热锅上的蚂蚁;如坐针毡;坐立不安 I was like a cat on a hot tin roof during the three recounts.我在三次重新计数时真是坐立不安。 15.curiosity killed the cat好奇害死猫(指过分好奇惹是非) All right, I've been reading it. So what?—Curiosity killed the cat, that's what.没错, 我一直在读它, 那又怎么样?——好奇害死猫, 就是这样。 16.to fight like cat and dog激烈争吵 Kelly told the jury that the couple fought like cat and dog.凯利告诉陪审团那对夫妇争吵得很激烈。 17.to fight like Kilkenny cats拼到两败俱伤 18.it's raining cats and dogs下着倾盆大雨。 19.to let the cat out of the bag(尤指无意中)泄露秘密 He let the cat out of the bag by revealing the Federal Government's real industrial agenda.他无意中说出了联邦政府真实的工业计划, 泄露了秘密。 20.to look like something the cat dragged inorto look like something the cat brought in凌乱不整;样子邋遢 I must look like something the cat dragged in.我看上去一定是蓬头垢面的。 21.not to have a cat in hell's chance of doing sthornot to stand a cat in hell's chance of doing sth毫无做某事的机会 We don't stand a cat in hell's chance of winning.我们毫无取胜的机会。 22.to play cat and mouse with sborto play a game of cat and mouse with sb和某人玩猫捉老鼠的把戏;对某人欲擒故纵 After three hours of playing cat and mouse, they threatened to open fire on our vessel, so we stopped.经过三小时猫捉老鼠似的追逐后, 他们威胁说要向我们的船开火, 我们就停下了。 23.to put the cat among the pigeonsorto set the cat among the pigeons<英>引起激烈争论 The bank is poised to put the cat among the pigeons this morning by slashing the cost of borrowing.银行今晨大幅削减借款利率, 这势必会引起激烈争论。 24.there's no room to swing a catoryou can't swing a cat地方狭小;没有活动的余地 It was described as a large, luxury mobile home, but there was barely room to swing a cat.被说成宽敞豪华的活动住房, 原来狭小得很。 cat²<非正式>催化转化器的;催化式排气净化器的 cat³ 🄰 vt. 1.(whip)用九尾鞭打;鞭打 2.【海】(hoist)把(锚)吊放在锚架上 🄱 vi. <非正式>(vomit)呕吐 |
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